thinQmaster Virtual testing partner Adaptive practice exams that find your weak spots and drill them. Every answer explained. From $69
Enroll

thinQmaster

Find your exam

Five questions free, before you decide.

Step 1 · choose a vendor

In one of our camps? Your practice exams come with the tuition — they are on your study page already.

Systems & Data Center · Foundational

Linear Tape-Open (LTO)

An open magnetic tape standard for high-capacity, low-cost, long-term backup and archive storage.

Definition

LTO-9 stores 18 TB native (45 TB compressed) per cartridge, and LTO-10 raises native capacity further. Features include WORM cartridges, hardware encryption and LTFS for file-style access. Tape is offline by nature, aiding air-gapping.

Example

Monthly backups are written to LTO-9 WORM cartridges and stored offsite.

Exam tip

Tape offers low cost per TB and offline protection but slower restores than disk.

Related terms