HP C7977A LTO 7 Ultrium 6TB/15TB Tape 10-Pack

The HP C7977A LTO-7 Ultrium 10-Pack provides a cost-effective bulk supply of high-capacity data cartridges for enterprise backup, disaster recovery, and long-term archival storage. Each cartridge in the pack offers 6TB of native storage capacity, scaling up to 15TB with 2.5:1 hardware compression. Native transfer speeds reach 300 MB/s, and with compression that figure climbs to 750 MB/s, making these tapes capable of handling large nightly backup windows efficiently. The cartridges are built on Barium Ferrite (BaFe) media technology, which offers superior magnetic stability and longevity compared to older metal particle formulations, meaning your archived data remains intact over decades of storage.

These LTO-7 cartridges support tape drive hardware encryption for securing sensitive data at rest, and they are fully compatible with the Linear Tape File System (LTFS), which enables intuitive drag-and-drop file access without proprietary backup software. HP's simplified tape path design within the cartridge reduces mechanical wear and tear on both the tape media and the drive heads, contributing to longer cartridge and drive life. With ten cartridges per box, this pack delivers up to 150TB of compressed storage capacity, making it well-suited for organizations running GFS rotation schemes or maintaining offsite archive copies as part of a 3-2-1 backup strategy.