| LTO data storage technology is more advantageous | | | | which doubles its speed as well as its data capacity. |
| and has gain more success and popularity due to its | | | | The data tracks of the IBM 24R1922 tape are |
| "open" format. Linear tape open is highly scalable and | | | | further divided into 4 areas. Each area is called "data |
| features breakthrough technologies that make it ideal | | | | band". Servo information bounds the top & |
| to meet the challenges of current data intensive | | | | bottom of each data band. Data is written on each |
| applications and strict laws. Highly efficient IBM LTO | | | | data bands of IBM LTO-3 tape media one at a time. |
| offers multiple sources of media and products. | | | | Cartridge memory is unique feature included in the |
| IBM, Seagate and HP combined their efforts and | | | | IBM LTO cartridges. |
| engineered a new innovative LTO technology that | | | | Upon loading the tape into the drive, it reads the |
| offers a viable and ideal storage medium in a growing | | | | contents held in the 4KB cartridge memory to |
| complex of backup data storage options. This tape | | | | accelerate its performance and upgrade the data |
| has established new standards for performance, | | | | throughput. The cartridge memory is non-volatile and |
| capacity and data throughput. Exceptional | | | | is embedded in the robust cartridge shell of IBM |
| compatibility of high capacity This tape enables the | | | | LTO-3. Users of IBM LTO tape format are offered |
| users to interchange their sensitive data across | | | | more luxury as they do not have to insert the |
| different platforms. Increasing needs of the modern | | | | cartridge into the drive for retrieving the information |
| backup applications are efficiently accommodated by | | | | about initialization, manufacturer's data, and calibration |
| the new advanced IBM LTO-3 media format. | | | | information. |
| 24R1922 is the part number of the highly economical | | | | Dedicated dual servo mechanism of IBM ultrium-3 |
| IBM ultrium 3 cartridge whose native capacity is 400 | | | | increases the data integrity. LTO-3 ultrium technology |
| GB. The compression ratio offered by the IBM LTO-3 | | | | features error correction system which comprises of |
| is 2:1. This means that the data recording capability of | | | | 2 levels. This error correction system is very |
| this tape will be twice as that of its native capacity. | | | | effective and recovers the information from the |
| Ultrium is a powerful and high capacity specification of | | | | longitudinal scratches. When the LTO data tapes are |
| linear tape open whose per cartridge native capacity | | | | being manufactured, the servo bands are recorded |
| offerings range from 100GB (LTO-1 media tape) to | | | | onto the media tape. |
| 800GB (LTO-4 tape). High performance LTO-3 tape | | | | If any of the elements of servo becomes corrupt or |
| products developed by IBM are carefully engineered | | | | defective, the head of the tape drive continues to |
| to meet the organizations' needs at an affordable | | | | track because of the 2nd redundant servo |
| cost. The design of this tape comprises of a single | | | | mechanism. The servo frame in IBM LTO-3 ultrium |
| hub that allows optimized packaging of media within | | | | format encodes the words in longitudinal position |
| the ultrium cartridge. | | | | which enables the data administrators to retrieve |
| IBM has developed an exceptional and reliable | | | | information from the absolute areas along the entire |
| compression algorithm for the LTO-3 tape format | | | | tape's length. |