Specifications
Compatibility
HP LTO Ultrium 4 drives are specified to interchange with
Future compatibility:
In the future, HP LTO Ultrium drives will be capable of:
■Reading and writing tapes from the current generation
■Reading and writing tapes from one earlier generation
■Reading tapes from two earlier generations
HP LTO Ultrium drives will always maintain write and read compatibility with other manufacturers’ LTO Ultrium drives and tapes that meet the LTO Ultrium format specification.
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800 | GB WORM | LTO4 | Yes |
| Yes |
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800 | GB (820m) | LTO4 | Yes |
| Yes |
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400 | GB WORM | LTO3 | Yes |
| Yes |
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400 | GB (680m) | LTO3 | Yes |
| Yes |
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200 | GB (580m) | LTO2 | No |
| Yes |
100 | GB (580m) | LTO1 | No |
| No |
50 GB (290m) | LTO1 | No |
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Note – Currently, only LTO4 media is
While LTO4 can read and “write” to LTO3 media, if an LTO4 drive encrypted data on LTO3 media, then LTO3 drives could not read those tapes. Therefore, when LTO3 media is inserted into an LTO4 drive, the encryption capability is disabled and the drive will write
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