Sell LTO8 Tapes
Have you or someone you know been wondering how to sell LTO 8 tapes? That’s what we’re here for. Rather than building an inventory of surplus tapes around the workplace, We can help you sell LTO 8 tapes quickly and at fair market value. The largest organizations in the world rely on tape backup for archiving, disaster recovery, and even cloud backup as their data requirements grow exponentially.
How Do I Sell LTO8 Tape?
- Send an asset list containing: Brand, Quantity and Condition of your tapes.
- Our Data Supply specialists will quickly audit your LTO8 tapes and respond with an offer
- We will handle the cost of logistics including, sending labels, trucks and other security needs.
- Once your tape hits our secure facility we will inspect product and erase 100% of data.
- Certificate of data destruction will be provided along with payment.
LTO8 SPECIFICATIONS
- LTO-8 Capacity: Up to 30 TB compressed 2.5:1 12 TB
- LTO-8 Speed: Up to 900 MB/s compressed 360 MB/s
- Data compression: SLDC (LTO data compression per ECMA-
- LTO-8 cartridge: LTO-8 (rewritable) LTO-8 Cleaning cartridge: LTO Universal Cleaning Cartridge (UCC)
- Backwards Compatibility: Read/write LTO-7
- Encryption: AES256-GCM (256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard)LTO-8
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The LTO (Linear Tape Open) Ultrium 8 Tape highlights 65-years of industry research and development. LTO tape technology is the only open, non-proprietary tape technology. Interchangeability of tape media and drives is guaranteed from all LTO manufacturers to allow freedom of choice for end users.
Capacity and Performance
LTO 8 doubles the volume form the previous LTO 7 tape drive to 30TB. The data drive has 30TB compressed and 12TB native. According to industry experts, the new tape drive has faster data access times as well, with speeds up to 360MB/s. The new LTO 8 is also backward compatible with LTO 7 data tape.
Cost of Ownership
While the price of disk is dropping, it still can’t beat tape in price per gigabyte. And the LTO-8 drives the price down even further. The cost of ownership per terabyte is the lowest of any type of storage. Most high-end tapes can store up to 15TB and can be held in third-party locations at a fraction of the cost of cheapest cloud-storage solutions.
Security
Being a physical media that can be kept under lock and key provides one layer of security. However, beyond locking away cartridges when not in use, encryption and Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) functionalities are providing users with deeper levels of data protection.
Reliability
Not satisfied with relying solely on security, tape engineers have also kept pace with performance. Tape data rates are expected to be as much as five times faster than hard disk drives by 2025. This is great news for users whose archives include data from the Internet and big data analytics. Moreover, the lifespan is in excess of 30 years as opposed to hard drives.
LTO8 Tapes We Purchase
We Buy Used Tape buys new or used magnetic tapes by all popular manufacturers including HP, Quantum, and IBM. Use below chart for types of LTO8 tapes we purchase regularly or submit your own list for a quote.
| Part Number | Manufacturer | Description | We Purchase |
|---|---|---|---|
| 81110001586 | FUJI | LTO-8 FUJI Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge Library Pack Labeled | New and Used |
| 16567799 | FUJI | LTO-8 FUJI Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge Library Pack | New and Used |
| 81110001585 | FUJI | LTO-8 FUJI Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge Labeled | New and Used |
| 16551221 | FUJI | LTO-8 FUJI Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge | New and Used |
| Q2078A | HPE | LTO-8 HP Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge | New and Used |
| Q2078AC | HPE | LTO-8 HP Ultrium 12/30TB Tape Library Pack (20-pk) | New and Used |
| Q2078AH | HPE | LTO-8 HP 12/30TB Tape Library Pack without cases | New and Used |
| Q2078AL | HPE | LTO-8 HP 12/30TB Tape Custom Labels Library Pack w/cases | New and Used |
| Q2078AN | HPE | LTO-8 HP 12/30TB Tape Non-Custom Labels Library Pack w/cases | New and Used |
| Q2078W | HPE | LTO-8 HP Ultrium 12/30TB WORM Data Cartridge | New and Used |
| Q2078WL | HPE | LTO-8 HP Ultrium 12/30TB WORM Data Cartridge Labeled | New and Used |
| 01PL041 | IBM | LTO-8 IBM Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge | New and Used |
| 01PL041L | IBM | LTO-8 IBM Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge | New and Used |
| OV-LTO901805 | Overland | LTO-8 Overland Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge | New and Used |
| MRL8MQN-01 | Quantum | LTO-8 Quantum Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge | New and Used |
| MRL8MQN-03 | Quantum | LTO-8 Quantum Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge | New and Used |
| MRL8MQN-BC | Quantum | LTO-8 Quantum Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge Barcode Labeled | New and Used |
| MRL8MQN-20 | Quantum | LTO-8 Quantum Ultrium 12/30TB Data Cartridge Library Pack | New and Used |