Lenovo Thinksystem Internal Half High Lto Gen8 Sas Tape Drive

Lenovo ThinkSystem Internal Half High LTO Gen8 SAS Tape Drive

The ThinkSystem Internal Half High LTO Generation 8 (LTO8) SAS Tape Drive is a high-performance, high-capacity data-storage device that is designed to back up and restore open-systems applications. It offers native storage capacity of 12 TB per cartridge (30 TB at 2.5:1 compression) and a maximum native data transfer rate of up to 300 MBps (500 MBps compressed). This enterprise data protection offering has a 5.25" half-height internal form factor for integration into ThinkSystem servers.

• The tape drive supports a 6 Gb or 12 Gb SAS connection using a SFF-8482 connection.


• The LTO8 tape drive has a front operator panel comprised of a status LED indicator, an Encryption active LED indicator, an unload push button, and a single-character display. The single-character display indicates errors and communicates messages, such as requests for a cleaning tapes. The display is also used by the operator for diagnostic and maintenance functions.


• The LTO8 drive features hardware-based AES-256 data encryption capabilities which can securely store data to help ensure compliancy with data security, information disclosure, and privacy regulations for data at rest.


• LTO8 tape drives and support write once, read many (WORM) cartridges to help protect your data. With WORM cartridges you can store vital data in a non-erasable, non-rewritable format. The WORM cartridge types are geometrically identical to the R/W cartridge, and use the same rewritable media, however, mechanical and electronic features of the cartridge are different for WORM cartridge types, preventing the cartridge from being re-recorded.


• The Ultrium 8 drive uses a new data cartridge that externally has the same physical dimensions as previous LTO cartridges, however the linear recording density is 1.86x higher that LTO7. Like the LTO7 cartridge, uses Barium Ferrite (BaFe) magnetic particles for increased storage capacity of cartridges.


• LTO8 can store twice as much data (12000 GB) to an LTO-type tape cartridge as the LTO7 drive (6000 GB), without compression. LTO8 can also read and write LTO7 cartridges, and thus can interchange data with LTO7 tape drives.

Product Type: Tape Drive
Environmentally Friendly: Yes
Drive Height: 1/2H
Drive Width: 5.25"
Brand Name: Lenovo
Form Factor: Internal
Manufacturer: Lenovo Group Limited
Product Name: ThinkSystem Internal Half High LTO Gen8 SAS Tape Drive
Manufacturer Part Number: 4T27A10727
Manufacturer Website Address: http://www.lenovo.com/us/en/
Package Contents:

• ThinkSystem Internal Half High LTO Gen8 SAS Tape Drive
• 12Gb SAS Cable for Internal Tape Connectivity
• Power Cable
• Cleaning Cartridge
• Documentation