MagStor SAS-HL8i LTO8 HH SAS Internal Tape Drive

The SAS-HL8i LTO8 HH SAS Internal Tape Drive from MagStor is an LTO8 internal tape drive designed for the MagStor series 1 RU, or a 5.25" SAS enclosure that supports tape drives. It supports both TAR and LTFS formats with compatible third-party software that supports IBM LTO8 tape drives. This drive connects to your host Windows 10 or macOS 10.11+ system using an SAS-2 6 Gb/s SFF-8088 interface and supports LTO8 media with a native capacity of 12TB with read/write speeds of up to 300 MB/s. It is backward compatible with LTO7 media with a native capacity of 6TB and read/write speeds of up to 300 MB/s.

12TB native capacity

Native read/write speeds up to 300 MB/s

6Gb SAS SFF-8088 interface

LTFS compatible with drag and drop

TAR compatible

LTO media archive life of up to 30 years

TAA compliant (tape drives made in Japan)

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.