Fuji LTO, Ultrium-7, 16495661, 6TB/15TB WORM

The Fuji 16495661 is an LTO Ultrium 7 WORM data-tape cartridge with 6TB native capacity and up to 15TB compressed capacity, suited to organizations archiving backups or records that should not be overwritten.

Recommended For

• IT and records teams retaining audit or compliance archives that should be readable but not overwritten; WORM media is designed to protect stored data from alteration or deletion.
• Backup administrators with an LTO-7 or LTO-8 drive who need offline copies for long-term retention; Fujifilm lists this WORM cartridge at 6 TB native capacity, with LTO-8 drives also supporting LTO-7 media.
• Organizations creating fixed, infrequently accessed archives—such as completed media projects or retained business records—rather than storage that needs frequent file changes.
• Backup teams that need to write a retention copy once and read it later, and whose backup software and tape hardware already support LTO WORM media.

Real-World Use Scenarios

• A video or post-production team finishes a project and writes camera originals and completed edits to tape; the footage can be stored off the main editing system and retrieved later when a client requests an older project.
• An organization archives records that should not be changed after writing; the WORM cartridge helps prevent recorded data from being overwritten or accidentally deleted, supporting a controlled retention workflow.
• A business makes a separate backup copy of important files and removes the tape from the drive after the job; keeping that copy offline can reduce its exposure to problems affecting connected systems.
• A team needs to preserve a large, mostly completed dataset from a server or NAS; it writes the data to tape as a scheduled archive job, then relies on its backup software or catalog to locate files when a restore is needed.
• A small production facility or archive needs to recover an older project rather than keep every file on primary storage; staff load the appropriate tape and restore the requested material, with retrieval requiring a compatible tape drive and software rather than a simple plug-in disk connection.

Spec Summary