LTO5, LTO Ultrium 5 Data Cartridges

The LTO5 tape cartridge or LTO Ultrium 5 data cartridge hold up to 1.5TB in native or uncompressed capacity and up to 3.0TB of compressed capacity. LTO5 data cartridges have a transfer rate of up to 140MB/sec while writing data in native capacity and up to 280MB/sec while writing data in compressed capacity. All LTO5 tapes has a lifetime durability of 1,000,000 passes. A pass is each time the tape changes direction so a backup could have over 1,000 passes depending on the data written.The LTO5 cartridges are backward compatible and therefore suitable for read and write in all LTO5 or LTO Ultrium5 drives, suitable for read and write in all LTO6 LTO Ultrium6 drives, and can be read only in LTO7 or LTO Ultrium7 drives.