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MagStor LTO9 18TB Thunderbolt 3 Tape Drive LTO-9 TAA TRB3-L9
☑ Apple™ Certified ☑ Intel™ Certified ☑ Apple™ Silicon M1 Compatible
A few things you should know about LTO-9 Media Initialization.
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. 
Overview
The MagStor TRB3-HL9 features an LTO9 (HH) Half Height tape drive 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
☑ 18TB LTO9 (HH) Half-Height 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 (drives made in Japan)
☑ 3 Year Warranty (Upgrade to 5 Years US/CAN)
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
Speed:
LTO9 (HH) Half Height Tape drive with up to 300 MB/sec native transfer rate
Data Cartridge:
Read/Write LTO9 data cartridge; 18TB native storage capacity
Read/Write LTO8 data cartridge; 12TB native storage capacity
Power Supply:
☑ No power brick - Internal 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 lbsSoftware 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-HL9 includes:
- One desktop LTO9 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
- Three-year warranty
MagStor® is a registered trademark of MagStor Inc
Thunderbolt™ 3 is a trademark of Intel
MAC™ is a trademark of Apple
*Pricing shown is for the US. Please click here for international distributors.