LTO Tape Migration to latest generation LTO tape(s)
Pricing is $150 per older LTO tapes, their digital content migrated to newer generation LTFS formatted LTO tapes, such as LTO-7 or LTO-8.
LTO-8 tapes can store up to 11.5TB of video and images. Background on previous generation tapes - LTO-1 tapes held 100GB of content, LTO-2 tapes 200GB, LTO-3 tapes 400GB, LTO-4 tapes 800GB, LTO-5 tapes 1.5TB; LTO-6 tapes 2.5TB, and LTO-7 tapes 5.5TB.
Services include:
- Free shipping of LTO tapes into Cintrex
- Restoration of content from older generation tapes
- Comparison of restored contents to tape index and/or tape catalogs on file (if customer can supply them)
- Organization of digital content prior to archival
- Archiving digital content to LTO-8 tapes
- Verification of archived content to match file number and size of source content
- Label of LTO-8 tapes per customer
- Cost of service, tape media, and shipping are included in pricing
- Inclusion of a tape catalog with return of the new LTO tapes, both on the tape and in cloud storage
- Safe Shipment Back to Customer
- Average turnaround of 2 weeks
