The LTO-8 Half-Height Fiber Channel Tape Drive (1 RU Enclosure) from MagStor is an LTO-9 tape drive in a 1 RU enclosure with an 8 Gb/s Fiber Channel interface for use in a 19" rack. Give your server direct access to an LTO-9 drive for backups or offloading unused files. Take advantage of LTFS (Linear Tape File System) to easily drag and drop files to and from an 18TB LTO-9 tape. It is compatible with most software and formats that support IBM LTO-9 tape drives.

LTO-9 Tape Drive    8 Gb/s Fiber Channel Interface    Compatible with LTO-8    1 RU / 19" Rack Form Factor

LTO-9 tape drive

18TB of storage per tape

Read/write LTO-9 and LTO-8 tapes

8G FC Fiber Channel interface

300 MB/s read/write speeds

LTFS compatible drag-and-drop

TAR compatible

30 year LTO media archive life

TAA compliant (tape drives made in Japan)

3 year warranty (upgrade to 5 years US/CAN)

• IBM Spectrum Archive Single Drive Edition (CLI MAC, GUI Windows)
• PreRollPost
• myLTO
• StorageDNA
• YoYotta LTFS
• Third-party LTFS-enhanced archive/backup software
• Third-party TAR-based backup software, Acronis, etc.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Is this bus powered

A: This is powered by an internal battery, for charging that battery you would be able to use the included USB cable

Q: 2. what company manufactures this drive?

A: MagStor is the manufacturer of this M-Series LTO-9 SAS Half-Height Add-On Drive.

Q: 3. Can this read and retrieve data from LTO 6 tapes?

A: No, it can only read and write LT0-8 and LTO-7.

Q: 4. Does this work on an OS 10.6 Apple?

A: It's an enclosure the OS that you use it with won't matter.

Q: 5. ¿qué marca de cintas recomiendan para esta máquina?

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Q: 6. Are these tapes: IBM 95P4436 LTO Ultrium 4 Tape Cartridge (800GB/1.6TB) bar-code labeled?

A: Yes: UPC: 883436006538

Q: 7. Will the Blackmagic Design DeckLink Duo 2 work in this?

A: Yes, I use a deck link quad in mine. Works great!

Q: 8. Can it be used while charging

A: Yes, the device can be used as a hard drive while it is charging or has devices plugged into it to charge.

Q: 9. Is this model compatible with the new Macs equipped with the M1 chips?

A: Yes, the mLogic mTape LTO-8 Thunderbolt 3 Archiving Drive is compatible with the Macs equipped with the M1 processor.

Q: 10. Does the single-drive version still have the ability to mount an existing second LTO drive in the enclosure, or can it only support the one drive?

A: The single drive version of the MLogic MRACK-LTO9 only has a single slot for an LTO tape drive.