Quantum Announces Lto-10 Support for Scalar Tape, Delivering the Industry's Highest Capacity to Store More, Scale Faster, and Preserve Every Bit

Published: 2025-05-29 15:05:27 ET QMCO

Published on 05/29/2025 at 15:05

Quantum®? Corporation announced support for LTO®? Ultrium®?

format generation 10 full-height tape drives in its Scalar tape libraries, including industry-Scalar®?i7 RAPTOR, Scalar i6, and Scalar i6000 systems. This latest advancement strengthens Quantum's leadership in delivering high-density, secure, and cost-effective archival storage solutions. By combining the massive native capacity of 30 TB per LTO-10 cartridge (up to 75 TB compressed at 2.5:1) with Quantum's advanced tape automation and intelligent management software, customers gain the highest storage density, lowest total cost of ownership, and strongest cyber protection--ideal for long-term archiving in an era where preserving every bit of data is essential to staying competitive. Quantum, along with IBM®?

and HPE®?, is a long-standing member of the LTO Consortium, the group of companies that direct development and manages licensing and certification of LTO. LTO-10 serves as a core enabling technology across Quantum's end-to-end solutions, powering integrated cold storage tiers ActiveScale®? object storage, extending automated archival tiers in StorNext®?

file system, and enhancing long-term backup retention DXi®? data protection appliances. These deep integrations unlock the highest levels of seamless, scalable storage, from high-performance workflows to ultra-durable, AI-ready archives.

In anticipation of the new standard, Quantum designed the new Scalar i7 RAPTOR to deliver the highest storage density of any tape library on the market--up to 60 PB (LTO-10 native) in a single rack, and more than 3x the density of competing systems today.