What is the LTO format?
The LTO tape format specification is optimized for high capacity and performance with outstanding reliability, in either a stand-alone or an automated environment. Using a single-reel tape cartridge to maximize capacity, the LTO tape format is ideally suited for backup, restore and archive applications. It is our intent that the LTO tape format will meet the needs of the enterprise through single server user on a roadmap, or migration path, which extends well into the next decade. The LTO tape format establishes a new benchmark for large volume backup and archive.
