There’s a revamped, more capacious data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/u-s-govt-eliminates-tape-data-storage-at-the-gsa-to-save-usd1m-per-year-but-tape-isnt-dead-yet” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/u-s-govt-eliminates-tape-data-storage-at-the-gsa-to-save-usd1m-per-year-but-tape-isnt-dead-yet”>magnetic tape format in town. The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium Format companies, composed of industry leaders HPE, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/ibm” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/ibm”>IBM Corporation, and Quantum Corporation, announced the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.lto.org/2025/11/lto-program-announces-new-40-tb-lto-10-cartridge-specifications-and-refreshes-its-roadmap-for-ultra-high-density-ai-ready-archival-storage/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.lto.org/2025/11/lto-program-announces-new-40-tb-lto-10-cartridge-specifications-and-refreshes-its-roadmap-for-ultra-high-density-ai-ready-archival-storage/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>LTO-10 40TB cartridge standard a few hours ago. In an email to Tom’s Hardware, the organization heralded the new tape cart’s 40TB native capacity, which they say can deliver up to 100TB, compressed, assuming a 2.5:1 compression ratio.

There’s a revamped, more capacious data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/u-s-govt-eliminates-tape-data-storage-at-the-gsa-to-save-usd1m-per-year-but-tape-isnt-dead-yet” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/u-s-govt-eliminates-tape-data-storage-at-the-gsa-to-save-usd1m-per-year-but-tape-isnt-dead-yet”>magnetic tape format in town. The Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium Format companies, composed of industry leaders HPE, data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/ibm” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/ibm”>IBM Corporation, and Quantum Corporation, announced the data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.lto.org/2025/11/lto-program-announces-new-40-tb-lto-10-cartridge-specifications-and-refreshes-its-roadmap-for-ultra-high-density-ai-ready-archival-storage/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://www.lto.org/2025/11/lto-program-announces-new-40-tb-lto-10-cartridge-specifications-and-refreshes-its-roadmap-for-ultra-high-density-ai-ready-archival-storage/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>LTO-10 40TB cartridge standard a few hours ago. In an email to Tom’s Hardware, the organization heralded the new tape cart’s 40TB native capacity, which they say can deliver up to 100TB, compressed, assuming a 2.5:1 compression ratio.