LTO Media Upgrades
Preserve your library investment with LTO media and drive upgrades.
Even greater capacity and performance
Realize even greater capacity and higher transfer rates inside your existing tape library with an LTO drive upgrade. For further investment projection, you can count on additional generations of drives and media to be released. Learn more about the LTO roadmap.
Library Capacity and Throughput by LTO Drive/Media
Spectra T950 – Single Frame Configuration (max 24 drives)
| Library Capacity and Throughput by LTO Drive/Media | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spectra Stack | LTO-6 | LTO-7 | LTO-8 | LTO-9 | LTO-10 | ||
| Maximum Native Capacity PB | 1.4 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 10.1 | 16.8 | ||
| Maximum Native Throughput (TB/HR) | 12.1 | 22.7 | 27.2 | 30.2 | 30.2 | ||
| Spectra Cube - Full Height Drives | LTO-6 | LTO-7 | LTO-8 | LTO-9 | LTO-10 | ||
| Maximum Native Capacity PB | 4.2 | 10 | 20 | 30.1 | 50.1 | ||
| Maximum Native Throughput (TB/HR) | 9.2 | 17.3 | 20.7 | 23 | 23 | ||
| Spectra Cube - Half Height Drives | LTO-6 | LTO-7 | LTO-8 | LTO-9 | LTO-10 | ||
| Maximum Native Capacity PB | 4.2 | 10 | 20 | 30.1 | 50.1 | ||
| Maximum Native Throughput (TB/HR) | 17.3 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 32.4 | 32.4 | ||
| Spectra T950 - 1 Frame | LTO-6 | LTO-7 | LTO-8 | LTO-9 | LTO-10 | ||
| Maximum Native Capacity PB | 2.3 | 5.5 | 11 | 16.6 | 27.6 | ||
| Maximum Native Throughput (TB/HR) | 13.8 | 25.9 | 31.1 | 34.6 | 34.6 | ||
| Spectra TFinity Plus - 3 Frame | LTO-6 | LTO-7 | LTO-8 | LTO-9 | LTO-10 | ||
| Maximum Native Capacity PB | 4.5 | 10.8 | 21.6 | 32.4 | 54 | ||
| Maximum Native Throughput (TB/HR) | 13.8 | 25.9 | 31.1 | 34.6 | 34.6 | ||
| Spectra TFinity Plus - 45 Frame | LTO-6 | LTO-7 | LTO-8 | LTO-9 | LTO-10 | ||
| Maximum Native Capacity PB | 141 | 338.4 | 676.8 | 1015.2 | 1692 | ||
| Maximum Native Throughput (TB/HR) | 96.8 | 181.4 | 217.7 | 241.9 | 241.9 | ||
| Capacity and Throughput are based on LTO full-height tape drives. | |||||||
Upgrade from BlueScale to LumOS for Enhanced Performance and Simplicity
Spectra customers can now upgrade their existing tape libraries from BlueScale® Management Software to LumOS® Library Management Software. LumOS delivers improved performance, advanced automation, and a streamlined user experience. Designed to support today’s evolving storage demands, it provides greater system intelligence, stronger security, and the tools needed to manage media easily. Learn more about LumOS Library Management Software.
Certified Tape Media
Spectra Certified Media offers a lifetime guarantee and continuous performance and reliability feature enhancements (including Media LifeCycle Management) as new media generations are introduced. Learn more about Spectra Certified Media.
Trade In Your Spectra Logic Tape Library
If you are looking for greater capacity and throughput, and have an older Spectra tape library not listed above, consider trading it in. Another option is our innovative hardware migration. You can give your existing tape drives and media a new lease on life by integrating them into a modern Spectra tape library—even if they weren’t originally from Spectra.
If you need more information about upgrades or want to begin the upgrade process, please contact a Spectra representative.
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Upgrade Your Library — Earn an A+ in Data Management!
Give your tape library the gold star it deserves. With the Spectra Upgrade program, you’ll boost performance, sharpen your strategy, and pass every data challenge with flying colors.
The new library has just shy of 14,000 slots for tapes. We were able to easily move all 70 petabytes of existing data into the new system and have grown to 104 petabytes in sixze and have plenty of room for at least a year or two before we have to start thinking about expanding.
HPC Linux Systems Engineer
We have to store a lot of data for long periods of time. A single microscope can capture 10TB of data in as little as a few hours, and a published breakthrough on cancer research can take anywhere from a few years to a couple of decades. The BlackPearl and tape solution from Spectra provides a scalable and cost-effective way to store multiple data workflows with varying retention requirements.
Jeffrey McDonald Director of IT, Hormel Institute at University of Minnesota