It supports LTO-8 cartridges
The OWC range has been expanded to include the OWC Mercury Pro LTO desktop tape drive. It features Thunderbolt 3 and supports LTO-8 cartridges. One such cartridge can hold 12 TB uncompressed or up to 30 TB compressed. Compatibility inherent in LTO allows the use of 6 TB LTO-7 cartridges, and in the future – LTO-9 cartridges. In terms of the unit cost of storage, the tape is much more attractive than even hard drives, not to mention SSDs, and the storage life of information is declared equal to 30 years. In terms of speed, the recording is performed at speeds up to 360 MB / s (with compression – up to 900 MB / s).
OWC Mercury Pro LTO Desktop Tape Drive features Thunderbolt 3
The drive supports 256-bit AES encryption. It is possible to use WORM cartridges required for storing legal or regulatory documents.
A second Thunderbolt 3 port lets you daisy chain up to six compatible devices. The drive can provide power to a laptop connected to it. The power consumption can be up to 85W. The product also benefits from a DisplayPort 1.4 port and a 3.5-inch drive bay.
The $ 4,499 kit includes myLTO software, LTO-8 cartridge, cleaning cartridge, and Thunderbolt cable. There are more expensive kits that also include HDDs up to 16TB or SSDs up to 4TB. Additional LTO-8 cartridges are available at OWC for $ 125 apiece.
