HP C7976A-5PK LTO 6 Ultrium Data Cartridge 5-Pack

The HP C7976A-5PK is a five-pack of LTO 6 Ultrium data cartridges built for enterprise backup, archival, and disaster recovery workflows. Each cartridge offers 2.5 TB of native storage capacity, scaling up to 6.25 TB when hardware compression is applied by a compatible LTO 6 tape drive. The LTO Ultrium format remains one of the most widely adopted standards for offline and nearline data storage, valued for its low cost per gigabyte, long archival lifespan, and air-gapped security that protects stored data from ransomware and network-based threats.

Purchasing in a five-pack reduces per-cartridge cost and ensures you have media on hand for regular backup rotations or off-site storage cycles. These HP-branded cartridges are manufactured to meet LTO Consortium specifications, supporting features such as AES 256-bit encryption and WORM (Write Once Read Many) capability when used with appropriately configured drives. While LTO 6 is now a legacy generation — superseded by LTO 7 through LTO 9 — it remains fully functional for organizations with existing LTO 6 libraries or LTO 7/8 drives that can read the format. For environments planning a drive upgrade, it is worth noting that LTO 9 drives do not support LTO 6 media.