40TB LTO-10 tapes quietly go on sale for $494 — a single tape can hold 13,000,000 songs and up to 100TB of…
- Each LTO-10 cartridge natively holds 40 TB, expanding to 100 TB when compressed
- Fujifilm uses Barium Ferrite particles for improved magnetic stability and lifespan
- Uncompressed transfer speed reaches 440MB per second — higher when compressed
Fujifilm has begun selling its newest LTO-10 Ultrium tape cartridge, a storage format built specifically for enterprise archival and long-term backup needs.
Each cartridge holds 40TB of native capacity, expanding to as much as 100TB once standard 2.5 to 1 compression gets applied.
At that capacity, a single tape could theoretically hold roughly 13,000,000 songs, assuming an average file size of 3MB per song.
Massive capacity built for data centers and long-term archives
Fujifilm built this cartridge using Barium Ferrite particle technology, a magnetic material chosen specifically for improved stability and extended archival lifespan.
The company rates uncompressed data transfer at 440MB per second, rising to 1,100MB per second once compression gets factored into daily...
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