Is LTO-8 backwards compatibility?

LTO-8: High Storage Capacity and Performance Quantum LTO-8 features include a compressed capacity of up to 30 TB per cartridge, high durability, support for WORM (Write Once Read Many), LTFS (in standalone drives only), and backwards compatibility with LTO-7 tape media.

Is LTO-9 backward compatibility?

LTO-9 drives are backward-compatible with LTO-8 media, allowing for full read/write capability.

Can LTO-7 drive read LTO 4 tapes?

LTO-6 drives can read only LTO-4 media. If you are mixing LTO-4 with LTO-6 drives and media in a single library, you must mark the LTO-4 media as read-only. You must check out all LTO-4 scratch volumes. LTO-7 drives can read only LTO-5 media.

Can LTO7 drive write compatibility?

LTO drive generations 1-7 are able to read tapes from two generations prior and are able to write to tapes from the prior generation.

Can LTO8 write LTO7?

LTO8 decks can write to LTO7 tape stock, but once written, that tape can only be read by an LTO8 deck. So it retains only “media compatibility” with the most recent previous generation. Now, normally an LTO spec is referring to the “native” format of the tape being delivered.

What is LTO-8 tape?

LTO-8 is a tape format from the Linear Tape-Open Consortium released in late 2017. It succeeded the LTO-7 version, which launched in 2015. An LTO-8 cartridge offers 30 terabytes (TB) of compressed storage capacity and 12 TB of uncompressed capacity.

How does LTO compression work?

Compression works by removing redundancies in the data. If your data is highly repeatable, it will be highly compressible. If the data doesn’t have redundant repeated patterns, it will be less compressible.

Can LTO6 read LTO4?

So, LTO6 can read LTO4, but not write to it. If you try your method, the tape will be mounted, but will return an error which will result in media being Frozen.