Tim Gerhard
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Hey guys,
Some new tidbits about LTO8 are out.
- LTO8 12TB media is going to be the normal $115ish cost at release in late December 2017. LTO7 is sitting in the $85 range now and most likely won't plummet down to the $30 range like previous media due to M8 format.
- New M8 format for LTO7 media. Increases capacity by 50% (up to 9TB). Requires LTO8 drive to read/write M8 formatted LTO7 cartridges.
- No speed increase on half-height drives, LTO8 will run at 300 MB/s just like LTO7. Full-Height drives, which normally cost 100% more than half-height, will run at 360 MB/s. All standalone desktop drives or internal workstation drives are half-height.
- No 2-gen backwards compatibility. Read/Write back to LTO7 only
Some new tidbits about LTO8 are out.
- LTO8 12TB media is going to be the normal $115ish cost at release in late December 2017. LTO7 is sitting in the $85 range now and most likely won't plummet down to the $30 range like previous media due to M8 format.
- New M8 format for LTO7 media. Increases capacity by 50% (up to 9TB). Requires LTO8 drive to read/write M8 formatted LTO7 cartridges.
- No speed increase on half-height drives, LTO8 will run at 300 MB/s just like LTO7. Full-Height drives, which normally cost 100% more than half-height, will run at 360 MB/s. All standalone desktop drives or internal workstation drives are half-height.
- No 2-gen backwards compatibility. Read/Write back to LTO7 only
