HPE Q2078A LTO-8 Tape Media 12/30TB
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- Capacity
- 12/30TB
- Family
- Ultrium
- Generation
- LTO-8
NEW — factory sealed, original packaging, never deployed. NEW BULK — new part supplied without retail packaging. REFURBISHED — tested, cleaned and reset to factory defaults, cosmetically graded.
Warranty runs from the invoice date and covers replacement or repair of the part. The exact term for this part is shown next to Condition above. Advance replacement is available on request for production-critical systems.
LTO specifications are open format, designed for interoperability from among multiple competing vendors. These vendors submit their products to compatibility testing to ensure vendor functionality so that an LTO technology from one vendor can be used on a drive provided by another. It’s become the de-facto standard for medium-tier storage needs.
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Description
The HPE Q2078A is an enterprise-grade data cartridge designed for the LTO-8 generation of the Ultrium tape family. This media provides a native storage capacity of 12 TB, expanding to 30 TB when utilizing standard compression ratios. It is engineered for integration into HPE and HP tape drive ecosystems, supporting automated tape libraries and standalone backup units that meet LTO-8 specifications.
Professional buyers typically deploy this cartridge for long-term data retention, disaster recovery planning, and offline archival workflows. The Ultrium family ensures backward compatibility with reading capabilities on newer generations, though writing is restricted to LTO-8 drives. Verify that your existing tape library or drive firmware supports LTO-8 media before deployment. This item ships directly from our EU warehouse in Denmark, ensuring rapid delivery for production backup cycles. Inventory levels are maintained to support bulk procurement for enterprise storage scaling.
