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MagStor LTO6 2.5TB Thunderbolt 3 Tape Drive LTO-6 TAA TRB3-HL6
☑ Apple™ Certified ☑ Intel™ Certified ☑ Apple™ Silicon M1 Compatible
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.
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.
The First Certified Thunderbolt 3™ Tape Drive in the World!
Apple and Intel Certified for MAC and PC.
MagStor TRB3-HL6 Desktop LTO6 6TB Tape Drive with Thunderbolt™ 3 Interface
Overview
The MagStor TRB3-HL6 features an LTO6 tape drive with a 3.5" SATA HDD connected via a Thunderbolt™ 3 / USB-C port as a convenient connection to your 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
- 2.5TB LTO6 Tape Drive
- 160 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
Data Cartridge Compatibility
- LTO 6: Read/Write; 2.5TB native storage capacity
- LTO 5: Read/Write
- LTO 4: Read
Dimensions & Weight
- 13.4 x 5.8 x 6.8 inches (L x H x W) / 12.7 lbs
Software Compatibility:
- Hedge Canister (Included)
- IperiusBackup
- myLTO
- PreRollPost
- Retrospect
- StorageDNA
- Third-Party TAR based backup software, Acronis etc.
- Veeam
- YoYotta LTFS
Supported Operating Systems :
- MAC OSX 10.12 or higher
- Intel or M1, M2 CPU
- Windows 10, 11
MagStor TRB3-HL6 includes:
- One desktop LTO6 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
- One-year warranty
*Certified Refurbished items are only available in North America.
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