40TB LTO-10 tapes quietly go on sale for $494 — a single tape can hold 13,000,000 songs and up to 100TB of compressed data with a 400MB/s transfer rate
Fujifilm's new LTO-10 tape cartridge offers 40TB native capacity, up to 100TB compressed, and 30-year archival durability for enterprises.
Fujifilm has recently launched its latest LTO-10 Ultrium tape cartridge, priced at $494 per unit. This cartridge boasts an impressive storage capacity of 40TB in uncompressed form, which expands to 100TB when compressed. Uncompressed data transfer speeds reach 440MB per second, increasing to 1,100MB per second with compression factored in.
The tape cartridge can potentially store around 13 million songs, assuming an average song size of 3MB. Utilizing Barium Ferrite particle technology, the cartridge is designed for enhanced stability and extended archival lifespan. It features AES-256 encryption, meeting FIPS 197 compliance standards, commonly required by government and financial sector storage buyers.
The cartridge supports 15,105 tracks, enabling dense data layout. Fujifilm claims the bit error rate to be 1 in 10 to the power of 20th, making it 100,000 times more reliable than typical enterprise SATA hard drives. However, LTO-10 cartridges are compatible only with LTO-10 tape drives and libraries, limiting their use to data centers, media archives, and institutions with existing tape backup infrastructure.
Despite predictions of its decline, tape storage continues to persist due to its cost-effectiveness and reliability for long-term storage needs.
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