Fair Lawn N.J. — Maxell Corp. has begun shipping its new LTO Ultrium 4 data cartridge, which doubles the capacity available in LTO Ultrium 3. The new cartridge also incorporates data encryption and other security features for meeting government policies and regulations.
Maxell said tests have confirmed interchange compatibility with all brands of Ultrium drives and media. Drive manufacturers include Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Quantum.
At the same time, Sony of Canada, announced that it will start shipping its Ultrium 4 cartridges next month, and write-once LTO Ultrium4 WORM data cartridges, used to prevent data erasure and alteration, in the summer.Ultrium 4 technology offers a compressed transfer rate of up to 240MB/sec and storage capacity of up to 1.6TB by increasing recording tracks through thinner and longer tapes.
New to Ultrium tape technology, the LTO Ultrium 4 format features encryption capabilities designed to enable hardware-based writing of encrypted data to the LTO Ultrium data cartridge, helping to protect the storage and transport of sensitive information.
The LTO Ultrium 4 format also features the WORM (Write Once, Read Many) functionality that debuted in LTO Ultrium 3 products, allowing secure backup and storage of critical data for legal support and regulatory compliance such as Sarbanes Oxley, HIPAA and SEC 17a-4.
