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Masstech Adds LTO-7 Support to MAM, Newsroom and Archiving Solutions

Compliant storage devices provides direct, native access to higher capacity and performance.

Masstech Group has added native support for LTO-7 compliant storage devices across its range of workflow and media asset management solutions.

Masstech_for_News_Collage_PressFormally known as LTO Ultrium Generation 7, LTO-7 more than doubles tape cartridge capacity and boosts transfer speeds over the previous generation of the open tape format.

Support for LTO-7 storage devices is available through a software update for the firm’s technology platform that powers all company’s solutions, enabling customers who upgrade to LTO-7 to increase the capacity and performance of their existing libraries. The LTO-7 specifications support a native, uncompressed storage capacity of 6TB per tape cartridge, more than twice the raw capacity of LTO generation 6. The LTO-7 specifications also increase uncompressed tape drive data transfer rates to up to 300MB/s, more than 85% faster than LTO-6.

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Helping preserve customers’ existing archives and protecting their tape cartridge investments, LTO-7 drives provide backward compatibility to write to LTO-6 cartridges, and read both LTO-5 and LTO-6 tapes. Automated firm’ workflows further ease the transition for users of earlier LTO versions, transferring content from older tapes to LTO-7 without disrupting users or hindering asset availability. And as always, Firm’s LTO-7 support is free of capacity-based charges, with no additional Masstech licensing or support fees just for expanding storage.

We’re pleased to be working closely with our storage partners to bring the benefits of LTO-7 to our customers,” said Savva Mueller, director, product management, Masstech. “LTO-7’s increased storage capacity enables improved archive density that can minimize physical storage footprints, while allowing larger-sized files such as 4K productions to fit on a single tape cartridge. The addition of LTO-7 support continues our commitment to providing native interfaces for all popular storage technologies, while offering efficient transition workflows that make it easy for customers to adopt the latest standards.

The company’s platform provides the unified technology foundation powering firm’s solutions for applications including advanced workflows, media asset management (MAM), news and archiving. bridging diverse systems and processes within a facility or across multiple sites, MassStore enables efficient, automated workflows that simplify operations and deliver ROI while letting media companies realize the full value of their content. The company provides direct, native integration with storage types including LTO tape libraries from industry vendors including Spectra Logic Corporation, IBM Corp., Quantum Corp. and Oracle International Corporation.

 

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