DESCRIPTION

The LTO6 C7976B tape's magnetic material is Barium Ferrite (BaFe). This magnetic material will be used going forward due to its potential for increased capacity and reliability. Metal Particle (MP) was the standard for all LTO tapes until now.

SPECIFICATIONS

• The HP LTO Ultrium 6 tapes hold up to 2.5TB of native or uncompressed capacity
• The HP LTO Ultrium 6 tapes hold up to 6.25TB of compressed data
• The C7976B tapes have 2176 tracks, a tape length of 846 meters and a recording density of 384.6 kbits/inch
• The tape has a lifetime durability of 1,000,000 passes. A pass is each time the tape changes direction so a backup could have over 1,000 passes depending on the data written