HPE LTO Ultrium-8 12TB RW Data Cartridge with Case, Green

SKU: HPEQ2078A MFR: Q2078A
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  • Secure your valuable data with the HPE LTO Ultrium-8 cartridge, offering robust data security.
  • Enjoy ample storage capacity with 12TB native (30TB compressed) for your growing data needs.
  • Experience fast performance with read speeds up to 700 MB/sec, saving you valuable time.
  • Ensure long-term data archival with a 30-year archival life, safeguarding your important files.
  • This rewritable tape cartridge uses LTO-8 Ultrium tech for reliable, long-lasting performance.
  • HPE's reliable data cartridge is perfect for servers, offering easy setup and integration.
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HPE LTO Ultrium RW Specifications

  • Color

    Green

  • Base Material

    Barium Ferrite

  • Recording technology

    LTO-8 Ultrium

  • Capacity

    12TB (30TB Compressed)

  • Compression Rate

    2.5:1

  • Read speed, media

    700 MB/sec

  • Magnetic Coercivity

    2300 Oe

  • Archival Life

    30 Years

  • Bit density

    525 kbits/inch

  • Data tracks

    6656

  • Tape Thickness

    5.6microm

  • Tape Length

    3149.6' (960m)

  • Tape width

    0.5" (12.65mm)

  • Media format

    Re-writable

  • Dimensions (W x H x D)

    4.45 x 4.37 x 1.8" (11.3 x 11.1 x 2.1cm)

  • Weight

    9.8 oz (280g)

  • UPC Code

    190017219097

About HPE LTO Ultrium RW

How can you safeguard your data while ensuring cost-effectiveness and reliability The HPE LTO Ultrium-8 12TB RW Data Cartridge with Case, Green, offers a robust solution. This high-capacity data cartridge is designed to protect your data from cyber threats and ransomware, aligning with global law enforcement recommendations for maintaining offline data copies.

Built on a legacy of nine generations, this LTO Ultrium cartridge offers native transfer speeds of up to 1.44 TB/h for LTO-9, catering to a range of budgets. It incorporates secure AES-256 encryption, ensuring superior data security and compliance with stringent industry regulations to prevent unauthorized data access.

The HPE StoreOpen and Linear Tape File System make using this tape as straightforward, flexible, and intuitive as using other removable and shareable media, such as a USB drive. Moreover, LTO cartridges at rest require minimal additional power and cooling, making them a greener, more sustainable long-term archival solution for your data.

This LTO Ultrium cartridge boasts a significant capacity increase of 620% over the native capacity of LTO-6, and a native performance increase that allows storing 1.44 TB/hr using LTO-9. It also features built-in AES 256-bit encryption (IEEE1619.1) from LTO-5 to LTO-9, earning FIPS140-2 Level 1 certification.

As a reliable offline medium, it creates an air gap to keep data out of reach of cybercriminals. Even if tapes were to fall into the wrong hands, the LTO encryption, strengthened by the option to use WORM cartridges, ensures your data remains protected from unauthorized access.

According to an ESG white paper, LTO tape technology is over 80% less expensive across a 10-year period than either all-disk or all-cloud solutions for a 1 PB archive growing at 10% per annum. Standardizing on HPE LTO Ultrium delivers the capacity to meet shrinking backup windows, industry-standard, AES 256-bit encryption (IEEE1619.1), and interchangeable read-write (RW) or WORM media, without extra space or IT resource overhead.

HPE LTO-9 Ultrium data cartridges can write or read data at a blistering native 1.44 TB/hour, storing, encrypting, and protecting up to 45 TB on a single cartridge. This makes it ideal for large-scale, 24x7, mission-critical IT environments.

Finally, the HPE LTO Ultrium cartridge is more reliable than enterprise SATA disk, with a bit error rate (BER) of 1x10 to the power of 19 for LTO-8 versus 1x10 to the power of 15 for enterprise SATA HDD's. This translates to tape being 10,000 times more reliable than enterprise SATA HDD.

In conclusion, the HPE LTO Ultrium-8 12TB RW Data Cartridge with Case, Green, is a reliable, cost-effective, and secure solution for your data storage needs.

HPE LTO Ultrium RW Features

  • 30TB compressed capacity on LTO tape drives and libraries
  • Supports transfer speeds of up to 300 MB/s (native, half height), 400 MB/s (native, full height), 700 MB/s (assuming 2.5:1 compression, half height), 1,000 MB/s (assuming 2.5:1 compression, full height) with LTO-9
  • Tested to extremes to a level performance unique to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Many of the test procedures required for successful HPE Brand qualification (e.g. Green Tape Test, load/unload, shoeshine, drop testing and environmental stress testing) are not required for the Ultrium logo
  • Re-Writable format
  • Unique HPE colored cartridges to assist with identification in mixed media environments
  • Very low cost per GB compared to alternative storage technologies that could be used for long term archival and retention. Over 80% cheaper than comparable all-cloud or all-disk storage solutions
  • LTO cartridge memory in media to improve access time and provide enhanced media monitoring
  • Durable cartridge designed to minimize wear and debris (important in automation)
  • HPE LTO-5 through LTO-9 supports native tape device data encryption for enhanced data security - granted FIPS140-2 Level 1 certification

Warranty Information

This product has a limited warranty of 0 months.

Key Features

  • Secure your valuable data with the HPE LTO Ultrium-8 cartridge, offering robust data security.
  • Enjoy ample storage capacity with 12TB native (30TB compressed) for your growing data needs.
  • Experience fast performance with read speeds up to 700 MB/sec, saving you valuable time.
  • Ensure long-term data archival with a 30-year archival life, safeguarding your important files.
  • This rewritable tape cartridge uses LTO-8 Ultrium tech for reliable, long-lasting performance.
  • HPE's reliable data cartridge is perfect for servers, offering easy setup and integration.

What's in the box:

  • HPE LTO Ultrium-8 12TB RW Data Cartridge (Green)
  • Case
  • HPE Lifetime Limited Warranty