Maxell Climbs Aboard LTO Ultrium 5 Bandwagon

Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. announced that it has begun shipping its new LTO Ultrium 5 data cartridge, which meets the growing demand for storing and backing-up digital information by offering a maximum storage capacity of 3TB (assuming 2:1 data compression). According to the statement, Maxell recently completed the LTO Ultrium 5 data cartridge compliance verification process …

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Fujifilm Begins LTO Ultrium 5 Tape Production

Fujifilm Recording Media U.S.A., Inc., a division of Fujifilm Corporation, announced it will be one of the first manufacturers in the world to be certified by the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Technology Provider Companies (TPCs) as successfully completing compliance testing. Fujifilm plans to immediately begin mass production of LTO Ultrium Generation 5 data cartridges. According to …

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Imation to Ship LTO Ultrium 5 Multi-Terabyte Tape

Imation Corp. announced that it will begin shipping its Imation LTO Ultrium Generation 5 tape cartridges, with nearly double the storage capacity, increased data transfer rates, and a new partitioning functionality over the prior tape generation. According to the statement, this follows certification by the Measurement Analysis Corporation (MAC), an independent testing board for compliance …

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TDK LTO Ultrium 5 Data Cartridges Pass Certification Testing

TDK Corporation announced that it completed development of its LTO Ultrium 5 data cartridges, the fifth-generation Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium format, and the cartridges recently passed certification testing by the LTO compliance verification entity (CVE). TDK has now started mass production of its LTO Ultrium 5 data cartridges. According to the statement, TDK has long …

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