Description Storage capacity (uncompressed) Storage capacity (compressed) Mediatype Medium for life expectancy archiving time
LTO Cleaning tape     Cleaning-Tape      
LTO-6 Cassette 2.5/6.25 TB 2.5 TB 6.25 TB Backup-Tape   The life expectancy of a tape depends on its use and storage. Tandberg recommends tapes that are used for daily backups to be replaced every 12 months. 30 years
LTO-7 cassette 6/15TB 6 TB 15 TB Backup-Tape   The life expectancy of a tape depends on its use and storage. Tandberg recommends tapes that are used for daily backups to be replaced every 12 months. 30 years
LTO-8 cassette 12/30 TB 12 TB 30 TB Backup-Tape LTO8 The life expectancy of a tape depends on its use and storage. Tandberg recommends tapes that are used for daily backups to be replaced every 12 months. 30 years
LTO-7 barcode labels (100x data, 20x cleaning)            
LTO-8 barcode labels (100x data, 20x cleaning)            
LTO-9 cassette 18/45 TB 18 TB 45 TB Backup-Tape     30 years
LTO-9 barcode labels (100x data, 20x cleaning)       LTO9    

WORM (Write Once Read Many)

These are unique writable magnetic disks.
Are these tapes once described, these can only be read.
This is the immutability of the secured data.

Cleaning Tape

Tape for cleaning LTO-drives. This cassette can be used approx. 20-30 times.