Features

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.

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Library Capacity and Throughput by LTO Drive/Media​

Spectra T380 (max 12 drives)

LTO-6LTO-7LTO-7 Type MLTO-8LTO-9
Maximum Capacity2.37 PB**5.7 PB**8.55 PB**11.4 PB**17.1 PB**
Maximum Throughput*17.3 TB/hr**30.24 TB/hr**30.24 TB/hr**32.4 TB/hr**38.8 TB/hr**

Spectra T680 (max 12 drives)

LTO-6LTO-7LTO-7 Type MLTO-8LTO-9
Maximum Capacity4.1 PB**10 PB**15.07 PB**20.4 PB**30.1 PB**
Maximum Throughput17.3 TB/hr**30.24 TB/hr**30.24 TB/hr**32.4 TB/hr**38.8 TB/hr**

Spectra T950 – Single Frame Configuration (max 24 drives)

LTO-6LTO-7LTO-7 Type MLTO-8LTO-9
Maximum Capacity5.7 PB**13.8 PB**20.7 PB**27.6 PB**41.4 PB**
Maximum Throughput34.6 TB/hr**60.48 TB/hr**60.48 TB/hr**64.8 TB/hr**77.6 TB/hr**

Spectra T950 – Eight Frame Configuration (max 144 drives)​

LTO-6LTO-7LTO-7 Type MLTO-8LTO-9
Maximum Capacity62.3 PB**150.3 PB**225.4 PB**300.6 PB**450.9 PB**
Maximum Throughput172.8 TB/hr**302 TB/hr**302 TB/hr**324 TB/hr**388 TB/hr**

Spectra TFinity ExaScale – Forty-Five Frame Configuration (max 120 drives)

LTO-6LTO-7LTO-7 Type MLTO-8LTO-9
Maximum Capacity352 PB**846 PB**1.2 EB**1.6 EB**2.53 EB**
Maximum Throughput207.4 TB/hr**362.88 TB/hr**362.88 TB/hr**388.8 TB/hr**466.5 TB/hr**

Spectra Stack – 42 Drives​

LTO-6LTO-7LTO-7 Type MLTO-8LTO-9
Maximum Capacity3.5 PB8.4 PB**12.6 PB16.8 PB**25.2 PB**
Maximum Throughput--56.70 TB/hr** 56.70 TB/hr**56.70 TB/hr**68.04 TB/hr**

**2.5:1 Compression

BlueScale Management
Alongside drive upgrades, a current Spectra Service contract allows you to upgrade your existing tape library with the latest firmware and feature updates. Learn more about the current BlueScale features.

Certified Tape Media
Spectra Certified LTO 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 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, you may want to consider one of our trade in progams.

For more information about upgrades, or to begin the upgrade process, please contact a Spectra representative.

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"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

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.

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