LTO-10 and the Roadmap Ahead - Addressing your Storage Needs

LTO-10 Release and will it be backward compatible

LTO technology is currently in its 9th generation with a twenty year history of providing secure, reliable storage for Enterprises and organisations across the world. LTO-9 specifications support tape cartridge storage compressed capacity of up to 45 TB, and tape drive data transfer rates of up to 1000MB per second for 3.6 terabytes of storage performance per hour and per drive.

New generations have been introduced regularly with higher capacity and transfer rates along with new features to further protect your data and content. LTO specifications for backward compatibility up to generation seven of the technology is to write back one generation and read back two generations. The later 8th and 9th generations of LTO Ultrium tape drives are able to write back and read back one generation’.

Currently LTO-10 is rumored to be released by the 2nd quarter of 2025, however backward compatibility has not been determined and we are hearing rumblings that it may not be backward read/write compatible at all.  Capacities are expected to be up to 36TB Native and up to 90TB Compressed.

Checkout some of our best selling LTO-9 Tape Drives nd Tape Libraries below:

SymplyPRO LTO LTO-9 Tape Drive Half Height 2 x Thunderbolt 3 and 1 x SAS (SFF-8088) Connectivity Part# SYPRO-DT3L9HH1-A0 Please Call 866-801-2944 For Lowest Price

Quantum LTO-9 Tape Drive External SAS Tabletop Kit TAA Compliant 18TB Native / 45TB Compressed P/N: TD-L92BN-AR

Quantum Scalar i3 LTO-9 Tape Library 3U 25 licensed slots, one IBM LTO-9 Tape Drive, Half Height, 12Gb Mini-SAS-HD 8644 Port Part# LSC33-BCSE1-L9NA Quick Buy LTO-9 SAS Bundle

Quantum Scalar i3 LTO-9 FC Tape Library 3U 25 licensed slots, one IBM LTO-9 FC Tape Drive, Half Height, 8Gb Fibre Channel Part# LSC33-BCSE1-L9JA Quick Buy LTO-9 FC Bundle

Qualstar Q24 LTO-9 SAS Rackmount Tape Library 2U 24-Slot 8644 Mini HD SAS P/N: 900360-25-6 - Three Year Warranty Please Call 866-801-2944 For Lowest Price

Qualstar Q40 LTO-9 SAS 3U 8644 40-Slot Scalable Tape Library P/N: 900362-39-3 - Three Year Warranty Included Please Call 866-801-2944 For Lowest Price

IBM LTO-9 Tape Media Cartridge 18TB Native/ 45TB Compressed Part# 02XW568 -- Now Shipping

FujiFilm LTO-9 Ultrium Data Cartridge 18TB Native/ 45TB Compressed Fuji LTO-9 Part# 16659047

HP LTO-9 Data Cartridge - 18TB Native/ 45TB Compressed Ultrium 9 Tape Media Part# Q2079A -- In Stock

Quantum LTO-9 Tape Media Cartridge 18TB / 45TB Part# MR-L9MQN-01 -- Now Shipping