IBM LTO Ultrium 6 Data Cartridge, Native data rate of up to 160 MB/s, 2500GB Native Data Physical Capacity, 1024MB Cache Buffer, Support For 8GB FC & 6GB SAS Connectivity | 00V7590

IBM Storage Media is pleased to announce the availability of the IBM LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Cartridge, 2.5 TB (native); 6.25 TB (2.5:1 compression). Highest capacity tape media designed for high reliability and long life! The key features of the IBM LTO-6 tape drive are designed to improve performance and capabilities when compared to the IBM LTO-5, IBM LTO-4 and other vendors tape drives, some of the improvements are: • Native data rate of up to 160 MB/s • Native data physical capacity of 2500GB • The data compression engine improvements- data that compresses with LTO-5 drives at 2:1 should now compress at 2.5:1 • Faster tape drive mechanism (9 m/s for half height drives) which results in quicker locate and rewind times • Support for 8Gb FC and 6Gb SAS connectivity • SkipSync Function to provide small file backhitchless flush capability • Cache buffer: 1024MB (full height models)