Editing Linear Tape-Open (section)

=== Tape specifications ===

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: smaller;"
|-
! scope="row" | Generations
! LTO-1
! LTO-2
! LTO-3
! LTO-4
! LTO-5 <ref name="oracle-lto-5"/>
! LTO-6 <ref name="oracle-lto6"/>
! LTO-7
! LTO-7 Type&nbsp;M (M8) <ref name="auto"/>
! LTO-8 <ref name="StoreEver"/>
! LTO-9
|-
! align=left| [[Native capacity]]
| 100&nbsp;GB
| 200&nbsp;GB
| 400&nbsp;GB
| 800&nbsp;GB
| 1.5&nbsp;TB <ref name="ltfs" />
| 2.5&nbsp;TB<ref name="lto6pressrelease"/><ref name="lto10"/>
| 6.0&nbsp;TB<ref name="lto7lic"/><ref name="ltogenerations"/><ref name=lto10 />
| 9.0&nbsp;TB
| 12&nbsp;TB <ref name="ltogenerations" /><ref name=lto10 />
| 18&nbsp;TB<ref name="lto910"/><ref name="lto78"/><ref name=lto10 /><ref name="lto9rel" />
|-
! Tape length
| colspan=2| 609&nbsp;m
| 680&nbsp;m
| 820&nbsp;m
| colspan=2 | 846&nbsp;m<ref name="lto6-performance"/>
| colspan="3" | 960&nbsp;m
| 1035&nbsp;m<ref name="lto-media"/>
|-
! Tape width
| colspan="10" | 12.650&nbsp;mm ± 0.006&nbsp;mm
|-
! Tape thickness
| colspan=2 | 8.9&nbsp;μm
| 8&nbsp;μm
| 6.6&nbsp;μm
| 6.4&nbsp;μm
| 6.4&nbsp;μm<ref name="oracle-lto6" /> or 6.1&nbsp;μm (BaFe)<ref name="Fujifilm LTO-6"/>
| colspan="3" | 5.6&nbsp;μm
| 5.2&nbsp;μm<ref name="FujiLTO9" />
|-
! Magnetic pigment material<ref>{{cite web | url=https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=c04937098&docLocale=en_US | title=Document Display &#124; HPE Support Center }}</ref>
| colspan=5| Metal particulate (MP)
| MP or [[barium ferrite|BaFe]]<ref name="Imation"/>
| colspan="4" | [[Barium ferrite|BaFe]]<ref name="HP-BaFe"/><ref name="FujiLTO9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fujifilm.com/lv/en/news/hq/6917|title = Fujifilm Launches LTO Ultrium9 Data Cartridge &#124; Fujifilm &#91;Latvia&#93;}}</ref>
|-
! Base material
| colspan="9" | [[Polyethylene naphthalate]] (PEN)
| style="background:lightgrey"|
|-
! Data bands per tape
| colspan="9" |4
| style="background:lightgrey"|
|-
! Wraps per band
| 12
| 16
| 11
| 14
| 20<ref name="ltfs" />
| 34<!-- 2176 tracks, divided by 16 heads and 4 bands -->
| 28<!-- 3585 tracks, divided by 32 heads and 4 bands -->
| 42
| 52
| style="background:lightgrey"|
|-
! Tracks per wrap, read/write elements
| colspan=2| 8
| colspan=4| 16<ref name="ltfs" /><ref name="ibm_lto6_announce" />
| colspan=2| 32<ref name="lto7lic"/>
| 32 ([[Tunnel magnetoresistance|TMR]])
| 32<ref name="FujiLTO9" />
|-
! Total tracks
| 384
| 512
| 704
| 896
| 1,280
| 2,176<ref name="ibm_lto6_announce"/>
| 3,584
| 5,376
| 6,656
| 8,960<ref name="FujiLTO9" />
|-
! Linear density (bits/mm)
| 4,880
| 7,398
| 9,638
| 13,250
| 15,142 <ref name="quantum-ug"/>
| 15,143<ref name="qlto6-ds"/>
| 19,094<ref name="sonylto7"/>
| 19,104
| 20,668
| style="background:lightgrey"|
|-
! Encoding
| [[Run length limited|RLL 1,7]]
| colspan=3 | [[Run Length Limited|RLL 0,13/11]]; [[partial-response maximum-likelihood|PRML]]
| [[Run Length Limited|RLL 32/33]]; [[partial-response maximum-likelihood|PRML]]
| colspan="4" | [[Run Length Limited|RLL 32/33]]; [[Noise-Predictive Maximum-Likelihood (NPML) Detection|NPML]]<ref name="qlto6-ds" />
| style="background:lightgrey"|
|-
! End-to-end passes required to fill tape
| 48
| 64
| 44
| 56
| 80
| 136
| 112
| 168
| 208
| style="background:lightgrey"|
|-
! Expected tape durability, end-to-end passes
| 9,600<ref name="imation-life"/>
| 16,000<ref name="imation-life"/>
| 16,000<ref name="imation-life"/>
| 11,200<ref name="imation-life"/>
| 16,000 <ref name="imation-life"/>
| colspan="4" | 20,000
| style="background:lightgrey"|
|}