The expandability in the design of the Ultrium product line results from combining and leveraging enabling technologies to produce a technologically solid migration path. This Flagship (8-channel version) Migration Path describes improvements of the premium products in the line from generation to generation.
Generation 4*
Generation 3
Generation 2
Generation 1
Capacity
(2:1 compression) 200 GB 400 GB 800 GB 1.6 TB
Transfer Rate
(2:1 compression) 15-30 MB/sec 30-60 MB/sec 60-120 MB/sec 120-240 MB/sec
Recording Method RLL 1,7 PRML PRML PRML
Media MP MP MP Thin Film
* Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Certance (Seagate) now Quantum reserves the right to change the information in this migration path without notice.
The Ultrium format is the high-capacity, single-reel implementation of Ultrium technology. It is ideally suited for backup, restore and archive applications and provides excellent performance and reliability in both stand-alone and automated environments.
