Breaking News - LTO-9 delayed til late 2021

Impacting ALL vendors, pushing availability out to Q3/Q4 2021.  The announcement will impact all Tape Drive and Tape Library Manufacturers (using LTO-9 Half-Height Drives), IBM is the sole source for the drives themselves.  Initially LTO-9 was suppose to be released Q1 2021.

UPDATE: LTO-9 NOW AVAILABLE AT BACKUPWORKS

Vendors impacted by this delay:

HPE
Quantum Corporation
Dell
Overland-Tandberg
Qualstar
Spectra Logic
Fujitsu
IBM

For more information please contact your BackupWorks.com Account rep today at 866 801 2944

Qualstar Q24 LTO-9 SAS Rackmount Tape Library 2U 24-Slot Autoloader P/N: 900360-23-1 - Two Year Warranty Included

Qualstar Q24 LTO-9 FC (Fibre Channel) Rackmount Tape Library 2U 24-Slot Autoloader P/N: 900360-24-9 - Two Year Warranty Included

Qualstar Q48 LTO-9 SAS Rackmount Tape Library 4U 48-slot Autoloader Part# 900364-20-9

Qualstar Q48 LTO-9 FC (Fibre Channel) Rackmount Tape Library 4U 48-slot Autoloader Part# 900364-21-7

Qualstar Q40 LTO-9 SAS 3U 40-Slot Scalable Tape Library P/N: 900362-27-8 - Two Year Warranty Included

Qualstar Q40 LTO-9 FC (Fibre Channel) 3U 40-Slot Scalable Tape Library P/N: 900362-28-6 - Two Year Warranty Included

Qualstar / IBM LTO-9 SAS Add-On Drive for Qualstar Q24/Q40/Q48/Q80 Tape Library Part# 800-0032-6

Qualstar / IBM LTO-9 FC (Fibre Channel) Add-On Drive for Qualstar Q24/Q40/Q48/Q80 Tape Library Part# 800-0033-4

Symply LTO LTO-9 Tape Drive Half Height SAS (SFF-8088) Connectivity Part# SYSAS-DS1L9HH1-AR	Qualstar Qi Desktop LTO-9 SAS External Tape Drive Part# 900304-01-5
SymplyPRO LTO XTF Desktop LTO-9 Tape Drive Full Height 2 x Thunderbolt 3 and 1 x SAS (SFF-8088) Connectivity Part# SYPRO-DT3L9FH1-A0	Quantum LTO-9 Tape Drive External SAS Tabletop Kit TAA Compliant 18TB Native / 45TB Compressed P/N: TD-L92BN-AR
Quantum LTO-9 Internal Half Height Bare Tape Drive 12GB/s 18TB Native / 45TB Compressed TAA Compliant P/N: TD-L92AN-BR	Quantum LTO-9 Tape Drive, Half Height, Single, 1U Rackmount, 12Gb/s SAS, Black, Kit, TAA Compliant P/N: TD-L93CN-AR

MagStor IBM LTO-9 HH SAS External Desktop Tape Drive 18TB LTFS P/N: SAS-HL9-8644 (SFF-8644 Port)	MagStor IBM LTO-9 DUAL SAS (8644) External Desktop Tape Drive 18TB LTFS P/N: SAS-HL9-DUAL
MagStor IBM LTO-9 FH (FULL HEIGHT) SAS External Desktop Tape Drive 18TB LTFS P/N: SAS-L9-8644 TAA Compliant	MagStor IBM LTO-9 HH SAS Internal Tape Drive 18TB LTFS P/N: SAS-HL9i TAA Compliant
MagStor IBM LTO-9 HH SAS 1U Rackmount Tape Drive 18TB LTFS P/N: SAS-1U-HL9 TAA Compliant