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The only downside is a noisy fan that won’t turn off and the need to purchase additional software to make the most of your archiving system. This unit is the next-generation of tape drives from mLogic. LTO tapes are a proven technology that provide an inexpensive way to store media up to 30 years on the shelf. However, for most media archiving, spanning multiple tapes, more sophisticated software is needed to provide searchable databases, better metadata control and autonomous operation. Connecting the unit is dead easy.įor simple archiving, the mTape ships with a basic archive/restore utility (also reviewed below) that allows you to store your data to tape, then get it back later. Using the latest LTO-8 technology, it can store up to 12 TB of data on a single tape.Ĭonnecting via Thunderbolt 3, it transfers data at up to 300 MB/second, depending upon the speed of your source storage. MTape is an LTO-based archiving system that records data to magnetic tape for long-term storage. Even if you are not interested in this device, his interview is definitely worth reading.
NOTE: This review also features an extended interview with Roger Mabon, CEO of mLogic, about LTO technology. mLogic has been shipping LTO tape drives since 2014 with LTO-6. This review looks at the hardware side of the equation: mTape, from mLogic. Data that you want to retain for a long period of time.There are three elements to archiving media:
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