Editing Linear Tape-Open (section)

== References ==
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<ref name="EMTEC">{{cite web | archive-date = 2005-05-09 |title = Cartouches Ultrium | url = http://www.rpsdata.com/english/consommables_informatiques/cartouches_ultrium.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050509195038/http://www.rpsdata.com/english/consommables_informatiques/cartouches_ultrium.html | language = fr |type= EMTEC site offering LTO-1 tape cartridges in multiple sizes |publisher= RPS data |date = 2005-05-09 | url-status = usurped |access-date= 2013-03-29}}</ref>

<ref name="LTO-5">{{cite web |url=http://www.geekzone.co.nz/paulspain/6766 |title=LTO-5 expected in H1 2010 with 1.6&nbsp;TB–3.2&nbsp;TB storage |publisher=Geekzone.co.nz:80 |access-date=2013-03-29 |archive-date=2011-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928135333/http://www.geekzone.co.nz/paulspain/6766 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="Bechtle">from Quantum and Tandberg, Bechtle Direct catalog 09/2012, p. 450</ref>
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<ref name="reglto7b">{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/21/lto7_bigger_tapes_bigger_problems/ |title=LTO-7 has it taped, but when will 'bigger/faster' thinking hit the buffers? |date=2015-09-21 |first= Enrico |last=Signoretti |work=The Register |access-date=2015-09-24}}</ref>

<ref name="lto7lic">{{cite web|title=The LTO Program Announces Upcoming Generation 7 Specifications for Licensing |url=http://www.lto.org/2015/09/the-lto-program-announces-upcoming-generation-7-specifications-for-licensing/ |date=2015-09-14 |access-date=2015-09-15}}</ref>

<ref name="lto9rel">{{cite web|title=THE LTO PROGRAM RELEASES SPECIFICATIONS FOR UPCOMING GENERATION 9|url=https://www.lto.org/2020/09/a_the-lto-program-releases-specifications-for-upcoming-generation-9/|website=lto.org|language=en|date=2020-09-09|access-date=2020-09-10}}</ref>

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<ref name="lto6pressrelease">{{cite web |url=http://www.storagenewsletter.com/news/tapes/licensing-specs-august-2012 |title=Licensing Specs for LTO-6 Available in August, 2012 |date=11 June 2012 |publisher=Micro-Journal / The LTO Program}}</ref>

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<ref name="lto910">{{citation |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/11/lto_tape_extended_two_generations_to_120tb/ |title=No TKO for LTO: Tape format spawns another 2 generations, sports 120&nbsp;TB bigness |first=Chris |last=Mellor |date=11 Sep 2014 |journal=[[The Register]]}}</ref>

<ref name="roadmap1120">{{cite web|url=https://www.lto.org/roadmap/|title=Roadmap|website=Ultrium LTO}}</ref>

<ref name="reglto7a">{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/09/16/lto_has_15tb_gen_7_tape_format/ |title=LTO issues mighty seventh-generation 15&nbsp;TB tape format |date=2015-09-16 |first=Chris |last=Mellor |work=The Register |access-date=2015-09-22}}</ref>

<ref name="lto78">{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/15/lto_new_generations/ |title=Two new LTO tape gens announced |first=Chris |last=Mellor |date=2010-04-15 |work=[[The Register]]}}</ref>
<ref name="Speed Matching">{{citation|url=http://downloads.quantum.com/lto7hh/6-68132-02_Quantum%20LTO-7%20HH%20SAS%20Users%20Guide.pdf |title=Quantum LTO-7 HH SAS User's Guide |section=Chapter 2: Introduction Speed Matching |date=December 2015 |access-date=2017-04-09}}</ref>

<ref name="generation-8">{{cite web|title=LTO PROGRAM OUTLINES GENERATION 8 SPECIFICATIONS|url=https://www.lto.org/2017/10/lto-program-outlines-generation-8-specifications-extends-technology-roadmap-12th-generation/|access-date=2 March 2018|quote=To address this technological shift and maintain affordability in times of extreme data growth, the latest LTO generation 8 specifications are intended to be only backwards compatible with LTO generation 7 cartridges.}}</ref>

<ref name="Barium Ferrite">{{cite web|title=LTO-8|url=http://www.storagedna.com/lto8/|access-date=2 March 2018|quote=Is it true LTO-8 cannot read LTO-6? Yes it is true. The two generations of backward compatibility was broken for LTO-8 because LTO-8 drives relies entirely on Barium Ferrite tape media. Since LTO-6 supported both magnetic particle and Barium Ferrite, the compatibility issues has arisen.}}</ref>

<ref name="ibm-compatibility">{{cite web|title=Compatibility among LTO tape drives and cartridges|website=[[IBM]]|url=https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STCMML8/com.ibm.storage.ts3500.doc/ipg_3584_meudrca.html|quote=LTO8 Drive -> Not compatible with LTO6 cartridges}}</ref>

<ref name="M8">{{cite web|url=https://www.tapeandmedia.com/lto-8-tape-media-tapes.asp |title=LTO Ultrium 8 Tapes |access-date=2017-12-26}}</ref>

<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://h20195.www2.hpe.com/V2/getpdf.aspx/A00039948ENW.pdf|title=HPE LTO-7 cartridge initialized as Type M media; A technical overview of the main characteristics of LTO-7 Type M media}}</ref>

<ref name="oracle-lto-5">{{cite web|url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E21419_04/en/LTO5_Vol4_E4/LTO5_Vol4_E4.pdf|title=HP LTO Ultrium tape drives technical reference manual; Volume 4: specifications; LTO 5 drives}}</ref>

<ref name="oracle-lto6">{{cite web|url=https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E38452_01/en/LTO6_Vol4_E1/LTO6_Vol4_E1.pdf|title=HP LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Drives Technical Reference Manual; Volume 4: Specifications}}</ref>

<ref name="StoreEver">{{cite web|url=https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-a00041063en_us|title=HPE StoreEver LTO-8 Ultrium Tape Drives; Technical Reference Manual Volume 4; Specifications Guide|date=February 2018}}</ref>

<ref name=lto10>{{cite web|url=https://www.itjungle.com/2014/09/15/tfh091514-story05/|title=LTO Roadmap Extended To Gen 10|date=September 15, 2014|website=IT Jungle}}</ref>

<ref name="lto6-performance">{{citation|url=http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/tsw03182usen/TSW03182USEN.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811035334/http://public.dhe.ibm.com/common/ssi/ecm/en/tsw03182usen/TSW03182USEN.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-11 |title=IBM® System Storage® LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Drive - Tape Drive Performance White Paper |date=September 2012 |first1=Rogelio |last1=Rivera |first2=Gustavo |last2=Vargas |first3=Marco |last3=Vázquez |publisher=IBM Guadalajara |quote=This new capacity is achieved in the same tape length (846&nbsp;m) as the gen5 media due to a higher density format (gen6 format).}} Note that another IBM announcement disagrees: "This is achieved by increasing the linear density, track density, and the media length." (IBM TS1060 LTO-6 tape drive announcement, p. 3.) Note: the difference on the length from LTO5 and LTO6 media is only 1&nbsp;m.</ref>

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