MagStor LTO8 12TB Thunderbolt 3 Tape Drive LTO-8 TAA, Certified Refurbished 1YR Warranty
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Starting February 1st, 2022, every MagStor LTO Thunderbolt-3 drive sold will come with a Free license for Hedge LTFS software “Canister”. Please contact us for your Free license. Let us know if you already have the software or prefer using a different one, so we can give you a discount instead.
This unit is MagStor Certified Refurbished and includes a 1-year warranty.
Certified refurbished products are previously used products. These products are submitted to a rigorous refurbishing process to achieve the highest quality and performance standards. Products may have some slight cosmetic blemishes that do not affect performance.
The First Certified Thunderbolt 3™ Tape Drive in the World!
Apple and Intel Certified for MAC and PC.
Overview
The MagStor TRB3-HL8 features an LTO8 tape drive with a 3.5" SATA HDD connected via a Thunderbolt™ 3 / USB-C port as a convenient connection to your desktop MAC or PC computer.
Thunderbolt™ 3 devices are fully backward compatible with previous generations of Thunderbolt™ technology. We recommend the Apple MMEL2AM/A adapter with those using older Thunderbolt™ ports.
Features
- 12TB LTO8 Tape Drive
- 300 MB/s Read/Write Speeds
- 3.5" HDD Tray-less Hot-Swap Dock (Tested up to 12TB HDDs)
- 30 Year LTO Media Archive Life
- Built-in PSU, no bulky adapters needed
- 2x Front Facing Thunderbolt™ 3 Ports
- TAA Compliant (Tape Drives Made in Japan)
- 1 Year Warranty
Technical Specifications
Interface
- Two Thunderbolt™ 3 front-facing 40 Gb/s interface ports allowing connection to a MAC or PC with a Thunderbolt™ 3 compatible USB-C Port
Tape Drive
- LTO8 Tape drive with up to 300 MB/sec native transfer rate
Data Cartridge
- Read/Write LTO8 data cartridge; 12TB native storage capacity
- Read/Write LTO7 data cartridge; 6TB native storage capacity
Power Supply
- 100/240 VAC 50/60 Hz Auto-sensing
Dimensions & Weight
- 13.4 x 5.8 x 6.8 inches (L x H x W) / 12.7 lbs
Software Compatibility
- IBM Spectrum Archive Single Drive Edition (CLI MAC, GUI Windows)
- PreRollPost
- myLTO
- StorageDNA
- YoYotta LTFS
- Hedge / Canister
- Third-Party TAR-based backup software, Acronis etc.
Supported Operating Systems
- MAC OSX 10.12 or higher
- Intel or M1 CPU
- Windows 10
MagStor TRB3-HL8 includes:
- One desktop LTO8 tape drive with two Thunderbolt™ 3 front-facing interface ports, 3.5" SATA HDD Hot-Swap Dock
- One 2 Meter MagStor (Intel Certified) Thunderbolt™ 3 Active 40 Gb/s cable
- One US power cable
- USB Stick with MagStor Related Drivers & Software Demos
- One-year warranty
*Certified Refurbished items are only available in North America.
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Thunderbolt™ 3 is a trademark of Intel
MAC™ is a trademark of Apple
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