OWC Mercury Pro LTO-8 12TB/30TB with 1 TB SSD

Mercury Pro LTO
Thunderbolt 3 LTO-8 Archiving Solution

The Mercury Pro LTO is a Thunderbolt 3 LTO-8 archiving solution designed for media and entertainment professionals, businesses, government agencies, and small enterprises that need to store critical data with the highest available durability at the lowest cost. The tapes can be accessed like a HDD or SSD, files are displayed in folders, and moving/retrieving files is easily done via drag-and-drop.

Immediate ROI: offers a 577% ROI with up to 55% lower costs compared to HDD storage.
More Storage Space: up to 12 TB native and up to 30 TB compressed storage capacity per tape cartridge.
Flexible: The integrated IBM LTO-8 drive reads and writes LTO-8, LTO-7 Type M "M-8," and LTO-7 tapes.
Longer Storage: up to 30 years tape lifespan.
LTFS Compatible: archiving of files/folders through simple drag-and-drop.
Secure: supports AES 256-bit encryption for sensitive data.
Compliance Capable: supports WORM cartridges required for legal and regulatory retention obligations.
Fast Tape Creation: up to 300 MB/s native and up to 750 MB/s compressed transfer rates.

The answer to protecting and preserving large amounts of data
Media and entertainment professionals, businesses, government agencies, and small enterprises all face the same challenge: How to manage an ever-growing amount of complex data? Higher resolutions, complex audio, and varying formats are the norm for projects. It is projected that the amount of content in businesses will increase by 50-70% annually as more data is digitized. The demands regarding licensing, regulations, and compliance are becoming increasingly stringent.

The answer to this challenge is the Mercury Pro LTO. This easy-to-integrate solution for tape backup and archiving.