LTO-7 Tape Drives - End-of-Life (EOL) Notice
IBM is announcing the withdrawal of LTO-7 Ultrium Half Height Tape Drives
from the marketplace
Product Description - IBM LTO Ultrium Gen 7 Half Height Tape Drive
End of Life Schedule - Last planned shipment date is
March 31, 2026.
This will apply to all Standalone LTO-7 Tape Drives which
include Desktop, Internals and Rackmounts. This will also apply to all
Tape Library manufacturers, as there will be no availability of the internal
LTO-7 SAS or FC drives for their sleds.
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LTO-7 SAS, LTO-7 FC, LTO-7 Thunderbolt
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LTO-7 Library Drives - Quantum Scalar i3 LTO-7,
Qualstar LTO-7, Overland-Tandberg LTO-7, HPE LTO-7, Magstor LTO-7, Symply
LTO-7, Spectra Logic LTO-7
LTO-8 will be able to read/write to LTO-7 Media, however
if you were using LTO-7 to read/ write to previous generations such as LTO-6 or
LTO-5 that will no longer be possible.
Contact your BackupWorks Account rep today and
ask about LTO-7 Ultrium EOL to help configure your path moving forward - 866 801
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