MORE THAN 10 REASONS

TO BUY
FUJIFILM
BRANDED
LTO
TAPES
2018
 More Than 10 Reasons to

CONTENTS
Buy Fujifilm Branded Lto Tapes

MARKET
SHARE

TAPE
PERFORMANCE

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 STRONTIUM
FERRITE
TECHNOLOGY
FROM
FUJIFILM

FUJIFILM’S
TECHNICAL
HOTLINE

1 1. LTO tapes manufacturing shares – All generations

2. Manufacturing shares for new LTO generations (LTO6 & LTO7)
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3. Manufacturing share per tape coating technology 06
4. What is the best selling LTO cartridge in 2017? 07
5. Why is MP technology gradually disappearing? 08

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2. Two examples of questions brought to our technical hotline
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4 What is Strontium Ferrite? Genesis & Features

Information about the Timeline and Announcement
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About Tape Technology and the near future 23
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MARKET
SHARE
FUJIFILM IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF LTO TAPES

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1. LTO TAPES MANUFACTURING SHARES 2. MANUFACTURING SHARES FOR NEW

– ALL GENERATIONS LTO GENERATIONS (LTO6 & LTO7)
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facturing shares of older generations tape manufacturing technologies. Other
such as LTO3 and LTO4 were manufacturers simply used the same traditional
traditionally lower for Fujifilm manufacturing method that had been used for
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generation that allowed Fujifilm to exceed
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performance grew, Fujifilm was the only
former generations of LTO tape.
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mance of LTO tapes, we can see that the
manufacturing challenge is not the same for
LTO3 tapes as it is for LTO6 tapes. Below,
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rations of LTO tapes launched between 2004
and 2012.

0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3

180

160
Transfer Rate in MB/s

LT06 (2012)
2.5TB – 160MB/s
140

120
LTO5 (2010)
1.5TB – 140MB/s
100
LTO4 (2006)
0.8TB – 120MB/s
80
LTO3 (2004)
0.4TB – 80MB/s
60
Native capacity in TB
THE INCREASE OF FUJIFILM’S
MARKET SHARE IS PROPORTIONAL
TO THE INCREASE OF LTO TAPE
PERFORMANCE.

Please note, the capacity and speed of LTO7 represent an unprecedented leap forward.

300
0.4 Native storage capacity Transfer rate in MB/s
LT03
in TB for the 5 last LTO for the 5 last LTO
0.8 generations. generations.
LT04
1.5
LT05 160
140
LT06 2.5 120
80
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in order to meet the growing demand of the
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Magnetized
Layer Fujifilm Barium Ferrite
LTO6, LTO7 & LTO8 tapes
QP
Fujifilm Nanocubic-MP
10 LTO4 & LTO5 tapes
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Recording Density [Gbpsi]

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(Particle Size) Layer

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3. MANUFACTURING SHARE PER TAPE

COATING TECHNOLOGY:

In order to manufacture higher-capacity & higher

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for the use of its new tape coating technology,
Barium Ferrite.
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from Barium Ferrite is LTO6.
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using Barium Ferrite technology.
The other LTO6 tape manufacturers made
the decision to continue the use of the old
tape coating method, Metal Particles (MP).

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technology for the production of LTO6 tapes
is synonymous with reduced tape cartridge
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integrity.

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all existing tape formats. Therefore, figure includes LTO tapes, IBM 3592 tapes, and
Oracle T10000 tapes.

BaFe 15% MP 19%

MP 85% BaFe 81%

2012 2017

It is clear here that Barium Ferrite is the winning technology in the field of the manufacture of
storage tapes.

4. WHAT IS THE BEST SELLING LTO

CARTRIDGE IN 2017?

Below, is an estimate of the share per LTO tape

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LTO1/O4 9% LTO1/O4 5%
LTO7 15%
LTO5 19%
LTO7 34%
LTO5 27%

LTO6 49% LTO6 42%

April to July 16: Total Europe: Sales split April to July 17: Total Europe: Sales split
per tape generation per share of storage per tape generation per share of storage
capacity delivered (all figures in % of TB). capacity delivered (all figures in % of TB).

LTO1/LTO4 LTO5 LTO6 LTO7

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5.
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technology?
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SIGNIFICANT
STORAGE CAPACITY GROWTH
WITH FUJIFILM BARIUM
FERRITE TECHNOLOGY.

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Limit in development of
the storage capacity
of MP technology.
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1,5
0,1 0,2 0,4 0,8
LTO1 LTO2 LTO3 LTO4 LTO5 LTO6 LTO7 LTO8 3592JE
2000 2002 2004 2006 2010 2012 2015 2018 2018

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M P ( M e t a l Pa r t i c l e ) t e c h n o l o g y, i n
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technology, is gradually disappearing from
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The decline in sales of MP tapes is due
to the fact that MP technology does not
produce tapes of a higher capacity than
LTO6 tapes (2.5TB).
On the other hand, we will see that
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LTO6 MP tapes. This difference in quality
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Barium Ferrite technology.
The organic migration of older generations
of LTO tapes (LTO3 to LTO6) to new tapes
(LTO7 and LTO8) will considerably reduce
the market share of MP technology.

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HIGHER
PERFORMANCE
AND SAFETY
LEVELS.

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MANCE
1.
The data integrity of Fujifilm tapes
is higher than that of traditional
MP tapes.
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is lower. Below, is a summary of the mechanism
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also find the full description of the process in
the Fujifilm document entitled “The role of
Barium Ferrite technology in data storage September 17
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Data Integrity on a storage medium largely depends on the
SNR (Signal-to- Noise Ratio).

The SNR
(Signal-to-Noise Ratio) expresses the clarity of the signal
transmitted between the tape and the drive head.

The SNR measures the difference between the emitted

magnetic signal and the background noise generated when
using the drive.
We, therefore, have a positive value and a negative value.

The SNR level of LTO6 Barium Ferrite tapes of Fujifilm is higher

than that of the MP tapes. Please see as follows:
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LT06 LT06 LT06 LT06 LT06 LT06

MPa MPb MPc MPd MPe BaFe

The Data recorded with an SNR level that is too low, becomes
illegible over time. This results in the loss of data.

The SNR level of Fujifilm branded LTO4 and LTO5 tapes is higher
than that of traditional MP tapes.

We could compare the quality of the SNR with the quality of an

ink with which one writes on paper. A good level of SNR allows
for a better reading of the data.

OVER THE NEXT PAGES OF THIS DOCUMENT, WE WILL SEE

THAT THE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF
THE SNR LEVEL CAN AFFECT VARIOUS FIELDS SUCH AS;
WRITING ERRORS, LOSS OF STORAGE CAPACITY, LIFETIME
OF THE DRIVE OR THE WRITING SPEED….

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2. WHY DO FUJIFILM TAPES OFFER A

HIGHER LEVEL OF SNR?
For two main reasons:

IMPROVING
DATA
INTEGRITY
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF
NANOCUBIC TECHNOLOGY BARIUM FERRITE TECHNOLOGY

USED FOR MANUFACTURING: USED FOR MANUFACTURING:

LTO4, LTO5, LTO6, LTO7 & LTO6, LTO7 & LTO8 tapes
LTO8 tapes

INNOVATION AND PROGRESS:

INNOVATION AND PROGRESS:
Nanocubic technology allows
a better dispersion, alignment
and orientation of particles on
the surface of the tape.
Barium Ferrite technology,
thanks to the vertical polarization of
its particles, offers a magnetic
output that MP technology
cannot compete with.

METAL PARTICLES BAFE PARTICLES

Low level of SNR High level of SNR

Natural Aligned
positioning positioning of Horizontal polarization Vertical polarization
of Metal Metal Particles of particles. of particles.
Particles. with
Nano-disper-
sion.

1.MP technology’s horizontally polarized par-

1. A HIGHER LEVEL OF SNR,
2. THEREFORE, A BETTER
DATA INTEGRITY,
3. LESS LOSS OF DATA OVER
TIME AND
4. FEWER WRITE ERRORS.
ticles generate opposite magnetic forces and
thus a chaotic noise that hurts the transmis-
sion of the signals. From LTO6, the large num-
ber of particles increases the risk of data loss.
2.The vertical polarization of BaFe causes the
particles to emit the signals directly in the
direction of the drive head = less noise pollution,
higher output power and less data loss or
write errors.

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3. FUJIFILM BRANDED LTO TAPES REDUCE THE
RISK OF STORAGE CAPACITY LOSS.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT WE HAVE ALSO SEEN

A LOW LEVEL OF THAT FUJIFILM’S LTO4,
SNR GENERATES LTO5, LTO6 AND LTO7
WRITE ERRORS. TAPES OFFER A HIGHER
SNR LEVEL THAN
COMPETING
TECHNOLOGIES.

Data written with a

WHEN A DATA IS WRITTEN good snr level, Thus
WITH A LOW LEVEL OF SNR, readable.
THE DRIVE HEAD CANNOT Data written with a
RECOGNIZE IT. low SNR level, Thus
unreadable.

WHEN THE DRIVE HEAD

NOTIFIES A WRITE ER- WRITE ERRORS
ROR, THE HEAD DOES NOT GENERATE
ERASE THE A LOSS
WRITTEN DATA, BUT The data is written OF TAPE
REWRITES IT TO A NEW on the next block. CAPACITY.
DATA BLOCK.

In order to limit the capacity loss of a tape cartridge, manufacturers add

an additional amount of capacity, to absorb the loss of capacity from write
errors. This delta of additional capacity corresponds to 3% of the total
capacity of the tape, namely:
- 45GB for the LTO5
- 75GB for the LTO6

4.
An effective test that demon-
strates the superior level of
data integrity of Fujifilm tapes.
• The consequence of the slow performance
GHJUDGDWLRQRIWKHKHDGLVWKDWLWZLOOHYHQ-
tually generate write or read errors, with, as
a consequence, a loss of storage capacity of
• The best way to measure the actual data
integrity of a magnetic tape is to operate it
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head, without any form of rest, will
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signals properly decline.
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cartridge contains an additional 75GB to ab-
sorb these errors, you only need to measure
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the LTO6 tape cartridge would no longer of-
fer the 2.5TB capacity. This would mean that
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loss due to write errors.
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The result is shown on the following graphic

(all figures in hours of intensive use of the
drive):

Here, the performance of the tape

compensates for the deterioration in
the quality of the drive head: BaFe
tapes ”speak louder” than MP tapes. It takes three times longer
Thus, when the drive becomes “hard for a Fujifilm tape to generate
of hearing”, it continues to hear the 75GB of write errors.
signals of the BaFe tape while it no
longer perceives those emitted by the
MP tape.

8,283

4,800
2,816
2,426

642

LT04 LTO5 LTO6 MP(1) LTO6 MP(2) LTO6 BaFe

Nanocubic Fujifilm
Fujifilm

5.
Fujifilm tapes provide optimum
writing speed

In fact, when using a tape solu- 615OHYHOLVWRRORZLWZLOOPDNHDGHFLVLRQ

WLRQ WKH V\VWHP PHDVXUHV WKH OHYHO RI 615 to slow down the write speed, in order to
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tape cartridge. If the system judges that the

An LTO tape drive can operate with

more than a dozen different speeds:
*14 speeds for LTO5 & LTO6 drives
*12 speeds for LTO7 drives

THE SYSTEM MEASURES THE

SNR LEVEL OF THE TAPE

TRADITIONAL MP TAPES
If the SNR level is low, the system
will choose a slow writing speed.
FUJIFILM TAPES
If the SNR level is high, the
system will select a fast
writing speed.

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On the following graphic, you will find the
different transfer rates that an LTO7 drive
can reach (all figures in MB/s):

300 Original transfer rate

287

268
250
231
213
194
175
157
Speed achieved with 138
high SNR tapes.
120
Speed obtained with 101
low SNR tapes.

6. FUJIFILM LTO6 TAPES OFFER A LONGER
DATA LIFESPAN THAN LTO6 MP TAPES
Indeed, the question of the oxidation of the
particles shows that BaFe tapes offer a longer
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phenomenon also plays an important role
in that MP tapes are less reliable than BaFe
tapes.
a. The MPs (Metal Particles) are made
from Iron (Fe).
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The cells they compose will no longer be
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will be a drop in performance as these cells
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oxidation of MPs is a source of data loss.
Please see the diagram below:

Oxidized
particles.

The Cell can no

longer be read/
written.

- Bit Cell + Bit Cell + Bit Cell

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B. AS THE BARIUM FERRITE IS ALREADY AN

OXIDE,

there is no phenomenon of deterioration

due to oxidation. The LTO tape can therefore
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diagram below:

Cells are
preserved
through time.

- Bit Cell + Bit Cell + Bit Cell

7.
Fujifilm branded LTO tapes al-
low a longer use of the drive
over time.

MP OK

Head Wear
Low SNR

It is difficult to reach each

cell, which can
generate an error.

BaFe OK

Head Wear
High SNR

Tape’s performance covers

the diminished drive perfor-
mance.

• Barium Ferrite cartridges can be read and written correctly, even if the head is
worn after repeated use.
• The proof of this advantage of Barium Ferrite can be found by referring to the test
on page 8, on the duration of use of the drive before the first loss of data. This test
clearly demonstrates that it is possible to use Barium Ferrite made LTO6 tapes three
times longer over time than MP tapes, under the same conditions of use of the drive.

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nature of their problem, they TO DETERMINE THE Oracle T10000 tapes.
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adequately, and could not resellers. We can assume that
comprehend the problem, they were unable the diagnosis carried out by a tape specialist
WR IRUPXODWH WKH UHTXHVW WR WKH YHQGRU such as Fujifilm is always complementary
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2.
Two examples of questions
brought to our technical hotline

1st case – the user cannot access the total
capacity of their write cartridge. Following
WKHLQWHJUDWLRQRI/72GULYHVLQWRWKHLUUR-
botics, a user was unable to register all of
their LTO5 tapes with them. They obtained
1.3TB of data written instead of 1.5TB, na-
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be reached with readers 5 and 6 in writing
according to the ascending format compatibility.
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the confusion between the decimal capaci-
tance measurement systems (usually used for
binary (used by equipment and software),
incorrect parameterization of the software
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RU WKH DFWLYDWLRQ RI WKH UHGXFWLRQ LQ WKH
capa ci ty of the ta pe wi th i t. In thi s ca se ,
a misinterpretation of the LPOS (Longitudinal
Position) by the reader system of the tape
allowing the reading head to recognize its
positioning on the tape which, therefore,
did not inscribe the tape to the end. Once
NQRZQWKLVSKHQRPHQRQFRXOGEHFRUUHFWHG
UHFRUGLQJ PHGLD KDUG GLVN GULYHV HWF DQG with an update of the firmware.

The LPOS indicates the position of the data on a

tape. They’re included on the servo track and give
the information that the drive needs in order to judge
the correct calibration of the tape in the drive. There
are several LPOS points that define different stages
of the read/write process. A few examples are as
follows:
-LP2 indicates the start point of the tape calibration.
-LP3 indicates the position from which the data
starts to be recorded.
-LP7 indicates the end of the tape.

There are LPOSs every 7.2mm on a tape, so more LP6-LP7: Not used.
than 130,000 on a LTO7 tape. Seven basic LPOSs are
as follows: LP5: In the event of no
“partitioning” of the tape,
LP5 becomes LP4.
LPO-LP1:
Not used.
LP2-LP3: Calibration area - the
head adjusts to the tone of the
signals emitted by the tape.

LP5-LP6: New calibration area in

order to prepare for the reversal of
the writing/ reading direction.

LP4-LP5: In case of “partitioning”

of the tape.
LP1-LP2: Adjustment area from
head to the servo track (the head
must take the correct position).
LPO = Connection between the
tape and the tape segment
attached to the pin leader

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of one or many tape cartridges in a library.
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library.
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library: ,I RQH FDUWULGJH LV VWXFN LQ WKH
thereafter on the outer portions of the tape.
This outer part is the most fragile portion
of the tape. In short, when a cartridge is
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integrity, it generates a write error, which
indicates the automatic shutdown of the
writing process as the system is unable read
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library, it means that there is probably some
damage on the tape cartridge dating from
the beginning of its manufacturing stage.
Generally, in this case, it should be noted
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capacity of this tape has been used. Most
of the physical damage occurs on the outer
parts of the tape.
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below:
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writes and reads 32 tracks at
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thanks to a head of 32
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track quantity, Which is
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b.
When several tapes are blocked in
the library - 1st type of incident,
related to the tape library charger.
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You can also contact us for any type of

question related to tape technology, such
as:
• What are the env ironmental
c onditions of conservation of the tape
cartridge?
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c ar tr idge and use it again?
• What are the most common cases
of data loss that we see?
• Why could a cleaning cartridge be
immed iately ejec ted after b eing
loaded into the drive?
• A user has experienced a power
failure, causing the cooling system in
the computer room to be interrupted.
What is the risk for the tape
cartridge?
• What explanation can you give
w hen the level of trans fer rate
indic ated by the drive is no longer
achieved operationally?
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offered by tape technology:

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able to use tape cartridges of more than
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100

90

80 3592 -2023/2024?
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70

60

50

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