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The Archive Pro LTO-9 Tape Storage Solution from OWC / Other World Computing is a mission-critical requirement for protecting and preserving huge volumes of data for longer periods with familiar drag-and-drop operation…
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The Archive Pro LTO-9 Tape Storage Solution from OWC / Other World Computing is a mission-critical requirement for protecting and preserving huge volumes of data for longer periods with familiar drag-and-drop operation and better economies of scale than disk-based storage. Ruggedly small with a built-in handle, the Archive Pro is able to go on set or move among studio, department, or office computers for a shared data protection solution.
This solution features one LTO-9 tape drive that supports LTO-9 and LTO-8 media, with native capacities up to 18TB, compressed capacities up to 45TB, native transfer speeds of up to 300 MB/s, compressed transfer speeds of up to 750 MB/s, and WORM. An included onboard 4TB OWC Aura Ultra IV PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD provides extra storage and backup capacity. It easily integrates into your Windows, Mac, or Linux workflow and connects to your host system using a 40 Gb/s Thunderbolt 3 port that provides up to 85W of power, with a second Thunderbolt 3 port available for powering devices up to 15W, adding five additional Thunderbolt devices, or connecting a USB-C or DisplayPort device. Also available is one DisplayPort 1.4 port that supports displays up to 8K at 60 Hz and one 12 Gb/s Mini-SAS HD port (SFF-8644). If you need additional storage, an expansion bay supports 2.5/3.5" SAS and SATA drives.
By using industry-standard Linear Tape Open (LTO) tapes formatted with the Linear Tape File System (LTFS), the tapes can be accessed on your computer just like a hard drive or SSD. Files appear in folders and moving them to/retrieving them from tape is drag-and-drop easy. Thanks to LTFS, LTO tapes can be read from a system running macOS, Windows, or Linux, so there's no extra software to buy or proprietary hardware concerns.
Because LTFS is an open, cross-platform system, and LTO tape is the dominant archiving medium that has continued to advance since being introduced in 2000, you can be confident knowing you'll be able to access your data with any brand of LTO hardware for decades to come. This Archive Pro uses the latest LTO-9 or LTO-8 tapes.
Compared to using hard drives for archival storage, the OWC Archive Pro offers an instant ROI, and pays for itself in no time by continually and dramatically lowering project and production costs.
Whether you need to keep sensitive data secure during transportation or ensure irreplaceable data will be archive protected, the OWC Archive Pro enables healthcare, financial, and related industries to meet strict legal and regulatory procedures for data confidentiality and integrity. By using a WORM (Write Once, Read Many) LTO tape, you can store your data in a non-erasable, non-rewritable format to prevent accidental overwriting or malicious data alteration.
The Archive Pro enables you to archive data seamlessly in your workflow via the included Thunderbolt cable connected to your Mac or PC. You can also optionally enhance your workflow by:
Creating LTO tapes is easy with Hedge Canister. After breezing through a simple setup complete with driver selection assistance, use Canister's user-friendly interface to drag and drop files to the Archive Pro just like an external drive. Catalogs are created for every tape, so they mount as a network drive and are fully searchable by Finder. Now you can search for files and select only what you need to retrieve without activating the tape to prevent unneeded tape wear from winding back and forth. No longer are you forced to work around LTFS' shortcomings. This added value is futureproof, open to everyone with no vendor lock-in, and included with the Archive Pro.
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