Imation has developed new advanced LTO-5 backup tape cartridge, which is the world’s first tape format that offers recording capacity in Terabytes. Imation LTO5 media tape features compressed storage capacity of 3 TB and 280Mbps transfer speed. Imation has made significant advancements to LTO-5 tape cartridge over its previous tape generations. Storage capacity of Imation LTO5 data tape in native form is 1.5 terabytes.

Imation has enhanced data compression and servo technology, which enables the LTO-5 media to store more amounts of information on same length of data tape. In order to accommodate the data growth, the data center managers will not have to add more space. Therefore the data administrators can store their existing footprints within lesser shelf space. Imation LTO5 has a smoother tape surface, which has resulted in increased track density and reduced error rate.

Imation’s exclusive Tera Angstrom mechanism has increased data throughput capability and SNR (signal to noise) ratio of LTO-5 tape cartridge. Smooth tape surface allows faster transfer speed and prevents tape slippage during drive’s read/write operations.

The previous four generations of Imation LTO tapes are listed below: Imation LTO-4 data tape (part number 26592), Imation LTO-3 backup tape (part number 17532), Imation LTO-2 storage tape (part number 16598), and Imation LTO-1 tape cartridge (part number 41089).

Imation LTO5 tape is robustly engineered. Its unique cartridge architecture secures the cartridge’s inner parts from bumps and shocks. Imation LTO5 storage tape features innovative corner snap technology, which allows smooth tape flow thus maximizing read/write accuracy. The corner snap prevents entering of debris and contaminants into the cartridge. Corner snap system is specifically designed to protect the LTO-5 tape cartridges during their shipment. Imation has devised a new three piece spool architecture that distributes the pressure over the recording medium and keeps the tape medium flat. Therefore the recorded data tracks along the entire tape length are protected to ensure low error rate, thus resulting in longer archival life.

High speed LTO-5 is the only backup tape cartridge that features new partitioning functionality. Partitioning mechanism has been introduced to address the ever increasing requirements of the market segment. LTO5 tape’s partitioning functionality assists in space management and file control. Therefore this allows faster searching. High capacity Imation LTO5 data tape delivers exceptional media reliability under harsh working conditions. Imation has employed advanced servo writing process in its LTO-5 tape cartridge, which assures increased read/write efficiency by optimizing the tape tracking. Innovative technologies introduced by Imation have enhanced overall transfer speed and decreased the off-track servo errors. LTO5 is the second generation of LTO format that offers hardware based encryption functionality. Therefore this feature makes it the ideal tape storage technology for transportation and backup of sensitive data. Imation LTO-5 data tape also offers write-once read-many functionality.