Get Archiving with YoYotta
Create cross platform LTFS archives using LTO-9, LTO-8, LTO-7, LTO-6 or LTO-5 tapes
Optional support for up to eight LTO tape drives
YoYotta software is built for Apple silicon Macs and Intel Macs.
macOS will need software drivers for SAS and FibreChannel interface cards and Thunderbolt LTO drives.
Thunderbolt units have a SAS LTO drive inside, so they will need a SAS driver.
LTFS Archiving
Linear Tape File System is a standard format for writing files to tape. It's ideal for storing production and post media as the LTO tapes can be mounted and read on Linux, macOS and Windows. You aren't locked into a proprietary archive.
YoYotta v4
Add options to YoYotta v4 to control up to eight LTO drives. With multiple tape drives YoYotta can create duplicate LTFS archives in parallel and also run multiple independent archive and restore jobs.
Quickly create industry standard archives on LTO-9, LTO-8, LTO-7, LTO-6 or LTO-5 tapes. YoYotta names, formats, mounts and repairs tape archives. During the archive YoYotta calculates both MD5 and xxHash checksums and then automatically uses these to read back and verify every file.
YoYotta creates index snapshots listing the contents of every tape created so later on you can search the project to find the location of clips and files.
LTO Tape
LTO-9 tape stores up to 17.4 TB and are a lot faster at 250-300MB/s and 350-400MB/s for full height drives.
LTO-8 tape stores up to 11.3 TB and are a lot faster at 250-300MB/s.
LTO-7 tape stores up to 5.6 TB and are a lot faster at 250-300MB/s.
LTO-6 tape stores up to 2.3 TB and are a little faster at 160MB/s.
LTO-5 tape stores up to 1.25 TB and can be read or written at 140MB/s.
Some space is reserved for LTFS tape indexes.
Unlike hard drives the tapes are designed with a 30 year shelf life.
All tapes must have barcode labels, this identifies the tape and allows use in a library.
Smart Queuing
YoYotta has a smart queue, so multiple copies can be started and they will be processed in order when the destination drive is available.
MagStor LTO
Single or dual LTO drives with a Thunderbolt interface.
Symply LTO
Range of desktop and rack mountable units with single or dual drives. Available with Thunderbolt and SAS interfaces.
HPE LTO
SAS interface
IBM LTO
SAS interface
Overland-Tandberg LTO
LTO drives with a SAS interface
Overland-Tandberg have closed and are no longer providing support for their tape drives and tape libraries.
Support and spare parts including new library drives can be purchased from MagStor.
There is more information here about MagStor's support for Overland Tandberg users
mLogic mTape LTO
LTO drive with a Thunderbolt interface in a compact enclosure. The mTape will connect directly to the Mac.
Read more installing an mLogic mTape
Qualstar Qi LTO
Compact Desktop LTO drive with a SAS interface.
Quantum Ultrium LTO
SAS or FC interface