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Read more about the article The 4-Nines Surprise: What the Spec Sheet Won’t Tell You About Tape Reliability

The 4-Nines Surprise: What the Spec Sheet Won’t Tell You About Tape Reliability

  • Post author:pete@ltoshow.com
  • Post published:June 25, 2026
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LTO's published durability is "17 nines." Real-world tape lands closer to four — and the people who build the format have said so, in public. Open almost any LTO marketing…

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P5 Backup Back up server data to disk, LTO tape and cloud.

  • Post author:pete@ltoshow.com
  • Post published:June 24, 2026
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The LTO Show Take Archiware P5 Backup has been quietly doing what most shops still handle with a patchwork of scripts: landing one backup job simultaneously to disk, LTO tape,…

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P5 Archive Migrate data offline to disk, LTO tape or cloud storage.

  • Post author:pete@ltoshow.com
  • Post published:June 23, 2026
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The LTO Show Take Archiware's P5 Archive has long been a staple in tape-aware archiving for media and post-production shops, and its offline migration model — landing data directly to…

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The LTO Show Launches a Free, Independent Storage TCO Calculator

  • Post author:pete@ltoshow.com
  • Post published:June 22, 2026
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The LTO Show Take For any storage team wrestling with the tape-vs-disk-vs-cloud question, vendor calculators have always been the wrong starting point — every OEM's math conveniently flatters their product.…

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Read more about the article Reading the LTO Roadmap When You’re Planning a 10-Year Archive

Reading the LTO Roadmap When You’re Planning a 10-Year Archive

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  • Post published:June 18, 2026
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By The LTO Show Editorial StaffBy The LTO Show Editorial Staff If you're buying LTO drives today, you're not just buying for today. You're making decisions that lock in migration…

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Spectra Logic and Geyser Data Open Tape Archive Facility in London

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  • Post published:June 17, 2026
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The LTO Show Take The opening of a joint tape archive facility in London by Spectra Logic and Geyser Data is a meaningful development for European archive and backup teams:…

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Object First Posts 118% Bookings Growth as Immutable Backup Demand Surges

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  • Post published:June 15, 2026
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The LTO Show Take Object First's 118% bookings jump in Q1 2026 signals that immutability-first architecture has crossed from aspiration to standard practice for backup teams. That momentum matters directly…

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Read more about the article The 40TB Jump Was Chemistry, Not Density — and Why That Matters

The 40TB Jump Was Chemistry, Not Density — and Why That Matters

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  • Post published:June 11, 2026
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By The LTO Show Editorial Staff By The LTO Show Editorial Staff When LTO roadmap milestones get announced, the headlines default to the headline number: 40TB, 90TB compressed, track count,…

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Fujifilm North America Puts LTO-10 40TB Cartridges on U.S. Shelves

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  • Post published:June 10, 2026
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The LTO Show Take Fujifilm North America moving LTO-10 media onto U.S. domestic shelves removes a real procurement friction point that tape shops have been navigating. At 40 TB per…

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MagStor Brings LTO-10 to Overland NEOxl Libraries With Full Support Backstop

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  • Post published:June 8, 2026
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The LTO Show Take For Overland NEOxl operators, MagStor's LTO-10 GA announcement is a concrete upgrade path to current-generation tape density without a chassis replacement — the field-economics win archive…

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