Crossroads to Support LTO-7 for StrongBox NAS and VSeries LTFS Libraries

Crossroads Systems, Inc. announced that its StrongBox NAS solution and VSeries tape libraries will support the recently unveiled LTO-) technology.

StrongBox and VSeries tape library

With up to 6TB of un-compressed storage, LTO-7 makes a stride for capacity expansion and doubles the tape cartridge capacity of LTO-6. The newest LTO format empowers faster data access with data transfer rates that can process more than 2.7TB/hour per drive. With an improved bit error rate (BER), LTO-7 tape delivers unmatched reliability in storage media with only one bit error every 1.25 EBs of data, or 200,000 LTO-7 cartridges. The combination of StrongBox and LTO-7 technology will provide cost savings, reliability and performance.

The new LTO technology furthers StrongBox’s capability to expand tape for large-scale storage through one simple-to-manage solution. The impending availability of LTO-7 in major manufacturer’s tape libraries and drives can nearly triple the capacity available today in the same amount of physical space. StrongBox is the only LTFS-based NAS solution that works with all major library vendors: IBM, HP, Quantum, Qualstar, and SpectraLogic.

Company’s own StrongBox Vseries LTFS Libraries will support LTO-7 in early 2016, with the ability to secure up to 960TB (uncompressed) in a space-efficient 12U form factor for only $32,200.

“By pairing StrongBox with LTO-7, we will see unprecedented reliability and cost efficiency for long-term data preservation,” said Richard K. Coleman, Jr., president and CEO, Crossroads Systems. “As storage grows from terabytes to petabytes to EBs, tape is proving to be the only technology capable of massive scale at a manageable cost. We continue to see distinct and unmistakable advantages to including tape in storage architectures – no matter the size.“