Back when I still managed an LTO tape library (which was way back when LTO-4 was...

Johnny555 on Aug 25, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: 50TB IBM tape drive more than doubles LTO-9 capaci...

Back when I still managed an LTO tape library (which was way back when LTO-4 was state of the art), our data was encrypted before writing it, also negating any compression. And back then the compression ratio was advertised as 2:1, not 3:1.

VectorLock on Aug 25, 2023 [–]

This was before the introduction of the much lauded "Middle Out" compression.