HPE C7977A – LTO-7 Ultrium 15TB RW Data Cartridge
Overview :
The HPE C7977A is a rewritable LTO-7 Ultrium tape cartridge designed for enterprise-class long-term data archiving and backup operations. It offers a native capacity of 6 TB with up to 15 TB when using 2.5:1 compression, enabling efficient storage of large volumes of data on a single cartridge. With a media data transfer rate of up to 700 MB/s and an archival life rated up to 30 years, it is suited for data centre environments, large-scale backup libraries and offline archives. The tape uses a 960 m length of Barium Ferrite (BaFe) base material and supports 3,584 data tracks, ensuring robust performance and compatibility across LTO-7 hardware platforms. Its form factor fits standard enterprise tape libraries, making it appropriate for data centre, cold-storage or hybrid-cloud tape tier deployments.
Key Features :
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Native 6 TB capacity, compressed up to 15 TB
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Up to 700 MB/s media read/write rate
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30-year archival life specification
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Uses 960 m BaFe tape base material
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Supports 3,584 data tracks for LTO-7 format
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