IBM LTO6 Ultrium 6 2.5/6.25TB Data Cartridge
SKU# AC78576, Model# 00V7590

IBM LTO6 Ultrium 6 2.5/6.25TB Data Cartridge - 2.5TB in native mode at up to 160 MB/s - up to 6.25TB compressed format at a rate of up to 400 MB/s - Storage: Barium Ferrite (BaFe) - 00V7590

Manufacturer Warranty: 12 Months Limited Warranty

The IBM LTO 6 or IBM LTO Ultrium 6 00V7590 tape cartridge can hold up to 2.5TB of native or uncompressed capacity at a rate of 160MB/sec and up to 6.25TB of compressed data at a rate of up to 400MB/sec. The IBM LTO 6 tape cartridge is backward compatible and therefore suitable to read and write in all LTO6 or LTO Ultrium 6 tape drives and to read and write in all LTO7 or LTO Ultrium 7 tape drives. This is the first LTO Ultrium generation cartridge which is unable to be read in 2 drives ahead, the LTO8 or LTO Ultrium 8 tape drive.

The IBM LTO6 Ultrium 6 Data Cartridge has 2176 tracks and a tape length of 846 meters. The tape has a lifetime durability of 1,000,000 passes. A pass is each time the tape changes direction so a backup could have over 1,000 passes depending on the data written. The IBM LTO 6 tapes are manufactured using the Barium Ferrite (BaFe) recording surface (magnetic particles) which has replaced the Metal Particle (MP) recording surface of the LTO tapes up to LTO6. BaFe has proved to be able to hold higher capacities with lower error rates and will be the standard for LTO7 onwards. The tape also has an estimated archival life of 30 years but will always be longer than MP as the BaFe particles are already oxidised and the greatest cause of tape deterioration in MP tapes is oxidation. The IBM LTO 6 tapes will also have a more reliable restore rate of data written to this tape than MP due to the higher frequency characteristics. This means older drives suffering head wear will still be able to read the stronger data signals as opposed to MP data tapes.