The LTO-9 S9C is an LTO-9 tape drive with a dual-port 12Gb SAS interface for businesses with significant storage, backup and archiving needs. The S9C model provides additional flexibility to the enterprise data center by providing additional communication interface options that help simplify storage management and system performance. IBM Spectrum Archive incorporates the Linear Tape File System (LTFS) format standard for reading, writing, and exchanging descriptive metadata on formatted tape cartridges. IBM Spectrum Archive software uses LTO-9 tape partitioning.

Technical specifications:

Cartridge slots: 25 to 200
Cartridge capacity: up to 417 PB per library
Native capacity: 18TB
Transfer rate: 400 MBps
Host Interface: Fiber Channel 8 Gbps
Compact capacity: up to 45 TB

Download IBM LTO-9 S9C Tape Drive datasheet