As data volumes continue to grow exponentially, organizations are increasingly relying on robust and scalable storage solutions to ensure data preservation, security, and accessibility. IBM LTO tape technology consistently delivers high capacity, reliability, and cost-effectiveness, making it an essential component of data storage strategies, especially considering that LTO tape media has 17-nines of data archive durability[1].

The new IBM LTO-10 Tape Drive, initially available in full height form factor, is designed for scale-out data, cyber-resilience, archival needs, and low energy consumption. Our next generation delivers higher capacity to accommodate your growing data, advanced security to safeguard against evolving threats, and superior efficiency for the lowest total cost of ownership. Leverage your existing infrastructure and seamlessly expand your storage capabilities ensuring your data remains protected, accessible, and cost-effective for the long term.

Choose a tape solution built for today’s challenges: store more, spend less, and stay secure.

Store More

The latest generation of IBM LTO-10 technology offers 66% more storage capacity than the previous generation[2] for large-scale archiving, backup, and long-term data retention needs. The tenth generation of LTO Ultrium tape media delivers 30 TB native capacity and up to 75 TB of compressed capacity (at 2.5:1 compression ratio) per cartridge enabling significantly greater efficiency. Enjoy the benefits of storing more data in the same physical space including reduced energy consumption per stored TB and simplified management. Reducing the number of cartridges needed to purchase and manage effectively decreases the amount of equipment, space, and labor associated with tape-based data storage.

Spend Less

IBM LTO-10 is not only capable of storing more data, but it can also help you spend less; spend less time on set-up with zero media optimization and spend less money on additional hardware due to seamless integration into modern infrastructures. Designed for up to 8X faster start-up time with LTO-10 compared to LTO-9[3], this next-generation technology allows you to deploy cartridges and start storing data immediately upon plug-in. Additionally, it helps you avoid added hardware costs by utilizing the new 32Gb FC interface designed to integrate with your existing modern SAN infrastructure. The fibre channel interface features up to 4X higher bandwidth with 32Gb compared to LTO-9 using 8Gb FC and seamless connectivity to both 32Gb and 64Gb networks, enabling faster backups, and more efficient long-term data archiving in high-volume data environments.

Spend less and save more of your valuable time and resources, enabling you to focus on transformative initiatives that drive your business forward.

Stay Secure

IBM LTO-10 is getting ready for the future; it’s the first tape drive with Post-Quantum Cryptography Lattice-based Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificates for crypto-key exchange[4]. When enabled and combined with the supporting IBM Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)[5], advanced certificates will help to protect every key exchange against large-scale quantum computer cyber-attacks. Once enabled, this enhancement is seamless for IT operations with no impacts to performance or usability. Enhance the security of your IT environment with IBM LTO-10 advanced key exchange certificates and a supporting IBM GKLM.

IBM LTO Ultrium 10

As businesses struggle with escalating data volumes, IBM LTO-10 emerges as the go-to choice for organizations seeking to balance capacity needs for data archives, cost-efficiency, and robust security. Overall, IBM LTO-10 meets all long-term data retention needs, offering organizations superior bandwidth, simplified usability, reduced infrastructure costs, and enhanced data protection.

“Store more, spend less, and stay secure” with IBM LTO-10.

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