Data cartridge LTO Ultrium

Overview
FUJIFILM LTO tape helps manage exponential data growth and preserve digital content sustainably for future generations. It provides low total cost of ownership, air gap security, and scalable capacity increases as data volumes grow.

Future Proofing Your Data
In today’s world AI, IoT, hi-def video, and other digital technologies generate enormous amounts of data continuously. FUJIFILM LTO Tape made with Barium Ferrite is designed to future proof data by offering the lowest TCO, air gap security, and sustainable scalability.

Sustainability
Using tape storage can substantially reduce carbon emissions compared to other traditional storage technologies; studies cited on the page indicate tape can reduce carbon emissions by as much as 95% in certain comparisons. Tape supports long-term, low-energy storage architectures.

Save Cost - The Lowest TCO
LTO Tape storage offers a low total cost of ownership and requires no electricity to store data. Compared to HDD or cloud storage, LTO Tape shows significant cost advantages as data volumes grow to massive scales.

Save Data - Air Gap Security
LTO provides an air gap between stored data and the network, protecting data from cyber threats. Offline/offsite tape storage is suitable for remote data storage and long-term protection strategies.

Save Future - Sustainable Scalability
The latest LTO format (LTO-10) provides 40 TB per cartridge (native) with a transfer rate of 400 MB/s. Fujifilm and IBM have jointly developed technology roadmaps targeting much higher cartridge capacities (research and development targets cited up to 580 TB per cartridge).

Other impressive features

• User-friendly LTFS interface: LTFS is simple to install on a PC or server and enables easy access and search of data on LTO tapes without specialized backup software.
• Unrivaled reliability with a Bit Error Rate (BER) of 1 x 10^19.
• Long lifespan: LTO tape demonstrates a lifespan over 50 years without magnetic performance degradation in testing.

LTFS note
* LTFS (Linear Tape File System) is a file system that allows files stored on LTO tape to be accessed similarly to files on disk or removable flash drives.

Use Cases
LTO Tape is positioned as a data-guard solution across industries and business types where long-term, low-cost, secure storage is required.

Caractéristiques / spécifications techniques

• Technology: LTO Ultrium tape media manufactured with Barium Ferrite magnetic particles.
• Typical LTO-10 native capacity: 40 TB per cartridge.
• Typical LTO-10 transfer rate: 400 MB/s.
• Research roadmap capacity targets (developmental): up to 580 TB per cartridge (joint Fujifilm & IBM development mentioned).
• Reliability: Bit Error Rate (BER) approximately 1 x 10^19.
• Durability / lifespan: greater than 50 years under tested conditions without magnetic degradation.
• Interface: Supports LTFS for file-level access without specialized backup software.
• Benefits: Lowest total cost of ownership, air gap security (offline storage), and significantly reduced CO2 emissions compared with other storage technologies.