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Spectra Logic Advances Perpetual Archive Strategy With Enterprise-Wide LTO-10 Support

HPCWire, Wednesday, May 28th, 2025

Spectra Logic, a global leader in data management and data storage solutions, today announced enterprise-wide support for LTO-10 tape technology across its full portfolio of tape libraries*, including the Spectra TFinity, Spectra T950, Spectra Cube, and Spectra Stack models.

LTO-10 introduces a new architectural foundation for tape, delivering 30 terabytes (TB) of native capacity and 400 MB/s transfer speed per cartridge-advancing the Spectra strategic vision to deliver scalable, sustainable, and cyber-resilient perpetual archival infrastructure for long-term data preservation.

With this announcement, Spectra Logic continues its leadership in tape innovation by delivering the tenth generation of LTO technology-a milestone that marks 25 years since the format's inception. From LTO-1 in the year 2000 to LTO-10 in 2025, the format has delivered a 300-fold increase in capacity per cartridge, demonstrating unmatched extensibility and reliability in the data center.

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