The information below shows the current speeds and capacities of the most common media formats.
| |
Capacity Native |
Capacity Compressed (2:1) |
Speed Native (MB/s) |
Speed Compressed (MB/s) (2:1) |
LTO1 |
100 GB |
200 GB |
20 |
40 |
LTO2 |
200 GB |
400 GB |
40 |
80 |
LTO3 |
400 GB |
800 GB |
80 |
160 |
LTO4 |
800 GB |
1.6 TB |
120 |
240 |
LTO5 |
1.5 TB |
3 TB |
140 |
280 |
LTO6 |
3.2 TB |
6.4 TB |
270 |
540 |
| DLT4000 |
20 GB |
40 GB |
1.5 |
3 |
| DLT7000 |
35 GB |
70 GB |
5 |
10 |
| DLT8000 |
40 GB |
80 GB |
6 |
12 |
| SDLT 220 |
110 GB |
220 GB |
11 |
22 |
| SDLT 320 |
160 GB |
320 GB |
16 |
32 |
| SDLT 600 |
300 GB |
600 GB |
36 |
72 |
DLT-S4 |
800 GB |
1.6 TB |
60 |
120 |
DLT-S5 |
- |
3 - 3.5 TB |
- |
200 - 250 |
DLT-S6 |
- |
6 -7 TB |
- |
400 - 500 |
DLT-S7 |
- |
12 - 14 |
- |
800 - 1000 |
DLT VS80 |
40 GB |
80 GB |
3 |
6 |
DLT VS160 |
80 GB |
160 GB |
8 |
16 |
DLT-V4 |
160 GB |
320 GB |
10 |
20 |
DLT-V5 |
- |
500 - 700 GB |
- |
35 - 40 |
DLT-V6 |
- |
1.0 - 1.5 TB |
- |
50 - 55 |
DLT-v7 |
- |
2.0 - 3.0 TB |
- |
60 - 70 |
DAT72 |
36 GB |
72 GB |
3 |
6 |
DAT160 |
80 GB |
160 GB |
6 |
12 |
T10000A |
500 GB |
1 TB |
120 |
240 |
T10000B |
1 TB |
2 TB |
120 |
240 |
9840A |
20 GB |
- |
10 |
- |
9840B |
20 GB |
- |
19 |
- |
9840C |
40 GB |
- |
30 |
- |
9840D |
75 GB |
- |
30 |
- |
9940A |
60 GB |
- |
10 |
- |
9940B |
200 GB |
- |
30 |
- |
Note : Items in Italics are the expected capacities of these devices in the future.