Symply Thunderbolt 3 and SAS LTO-9 Tape Half Height Desktop and Rack Storage Devices

Symply has announced a Thunderbolt 3 and SAS enabled LTO-9 half height desktop and rack storage devices.

With a broad portfolio of LTO solutions, including a compact half-height LTO-9 SAS Desktop, the new products level up LTO archiving workflow in media, IT and research pipelines with advanced connectivity, a unique feature set, and a dedicated software toolkit.

This product launch follows the company’s launch of LTO-9 full height drives that are already in use worldwide. Symply has been working on a lineup of LTO-9 half height drives as part of its SymplyFIRST product family, providing an alternative to its full height counterparts where the additional performance and reliability of full height drives is not required by its customers.

The half height LTO-9 drives feature 18TB native capacity, and up to 45TB with 2.5 to 1 compression; a native performance of 300MB/s and up to 750MB/s compressed.

As a full product suite, SymplyFIRST gives users an array of options for data management, from personal desktop RAID through to tape archiving and expansion products. The LTO-9 half height devices sit alongside the firm‘s existing LTO products to answer specific industry needs such as on-set archiving of rushes, studio-based content offloading, or backups for enterprise businesses.

“Half height LTO-9 is an incredibly powerful backup and archive medium,” comments Nick Warburton, VP “Our strong relationship with the LTO manufacturers allows us to be the first out of the gate with a line of full-featured LTO-9 systems.”

The company’s half height LTO drive solutions are available to pre-order for shipping worldwide on December 3, 2021. The products are available in SAS only, Thunderbolt 3 and SAS, Desktop and 1U rack mounted configurations.

This LTO-9 half-height portfolio starts from $4,999/ £3,899 /€4,599.

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