{"id":3591,"date":"2020-12-08T15:07:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T14:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/?p=3591"},"modified":"2025-07-16T20:10:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T18:10:03","slug":"what-is-lto-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/what-is-lto-9\/","title":{"rendered":"What is LTO-9? What are the advantages of LTO tape in 2021?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3591\" class=\"elementor elementor-3591\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3b9199 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3b9199\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c471893\" data-id=\"1c471893\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ee2a0b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ee2a0b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>By Dr. Marc M. Batschkus<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top\" style=\"grid-template-columns: 43% auto;\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"916\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-3620 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_1288-LTO-8-Tapes_2-1-916x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_1288-LTO-8-Tapes_2-1-916x1024.jpg 916w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_1288-LTO-8-Tapes_2-1-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_1288-LTO-8-Tapes_2-1-768x858.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_1288-LTO-8-Tapes_2-1-1375x1536.jpg 1375w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG_1288-LTO-8-Tapes_2-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Recently, the specifications for the upcoming LTO tape version have been published.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Time to have a closer look and also check on the overall benefits and features of LTO.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>LTO tape was created to combine the strong features of some predecessor tape technologies, avoid the weaknesses and create a standard with multiple vendors.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Multiple technology layers provide data protection and security:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" id=\"block-86db42c5-0915-45b0-ae81-1234a2384a97\">\n<li>Read after write: the read head immediately controls each file that is written on the tape. If not identical with the file sent, it is re-written until successful.<\/li>\n<li>Error correction: if a spot on the tape becomes unreadable (drop out), data is automatically re-constructed by the error correction\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Automatic speed adjustment: If the data stream delivered is below the maximum speed the tape drive can handle (e.g. 360MB\/s with LTO-8), the drive reduces speed to avoid stop-and-go (the so called shoe shining) and protect the drive mechanism<\/li>\n<li>Breaks and lift mechanism: when re-winding or fast forwarding the tape to the beginning or end of the tape, a special mechanism lifts it up and reduces the speed in a way that the tape is protected in the best way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eaf00a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5eaf00a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h2><strong>Features of LTO-9<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<p>With the announcement of LTO-9, the speed and capacity of LTO increase again. The speed of 400MB\/s native is impressive and allows storing even the ingest file sets in a reasonable amount of time. The capacity grows with LTO-9 to an also impressive 18TB per cartridge.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Feature comparison of LTO generations with LTO-9:<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ebbdc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24ebbdc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>LTO-6<\/td>\n<td>LTO-7<\/td>\n<td>LTO-8<\/td>\n<td><strong>LTO-9<\/strong><br><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Capacity (native)<\/td>\n<td>2,5TB<\/td>\n<td>6TB<\/td>\n<td>12TB<\/td>\n<td><strong>18TB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Read\/Write Speed<\/td>\n<td>160MB\/s<\/td>\n<td>300MB\/s<\/td>\n<td>360MB\/s<\/td>\n<td><strong>400MB\/s<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Compatibility&nbsp;Read\/Write<\/td>\n<td>R 4,5,6<br>W 5,6<\/td>\n<td>R 5,6,7<br>W 6,7<\/td>\n<td>R 7,8<br>W 7,8<\/td>\n<td>R 8,9<br>W 8,9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tape Price\/TB ca.<\/td>\n<td>10\u20ac\/USD<\/td>\n<td>10\u20ac\/USD<\/td>\n<td>12\u20ac\/USD<\/td>\n<td>(tba)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Price Single Drive ca.<\/td>\n<td>2000\u20ac\/USD<\/td>\n<td>2500\u20ac\/USD<\/td>\n<td>3800\u20ac\/USD<\/td>\n<td>(tba)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34e9993 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34e9993\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa0b434\" data-id=\"fa0b434\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-208a81d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"208a81d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cursor_and_All_Mailboxes__Found_2_641_matches_for_search_.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4508\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cursor_and_All_Mailboxes__Found_2_641_matches_for_search_.png 682w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cursor_and_All_Mailboxes__Found_2_641_matches_for_search_-300x85.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cursor_and_All_Mailboxes__Found_2_641_matches_for_search_-18x5.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">P5 Archive running at maximum speed on an LTO-9 drive. <br>Courtesy of our partner Quantum Corporation www.quantum.com.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8e11251 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8e11251\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32a92d6\" data-id=\"32a92d6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c1f08c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c1f08c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Learn more on how to find the right LTO tape for you\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/4-criteria-to-choose-the-right-lto-tape-generation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in this post<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b886ccb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b886ccb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c17be35\" data-id=\"c17be35\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a652e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a652e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Useful features of LTO tape for Backup and Archive<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>All generations of LTO tape share a number of important features to improve Backup and Archive.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Air gap<\/strong>: Since the tape and the drive are physically separated most of the time, there is a physical gap &#8211; the air gap in between. No network transferred malware, cyber-attack or manipulation can affect a tape that is not in the drive. Even for tapes in the drive, there have been no publicised threats so far.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Offsite storage<\/strong>: tapes can easily be taken offsite to separate them from the primary office, setup or data center. This provides protection against any local incidents.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Easy to scale<\/strong>: the total capacity of a tape installation scales extremely easily by just adding more tapes. Since this avoids any physical change in the setup, network connection etc. it is the easiest way to increase capacity for a given setup compared to other storage media. It is also the cheapest way to scale storage and much cheaper to scale RAID, SAN or NAS storage.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Density<\/strong>: with a capacity of up to 18 TB per cartridge LTO tape has a very high density and low space requirements. This is especially important if large data sets need to be archived and kept for many years.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Long shelf life<\/strong>: the track record and specified shelf life for LTO tape is impressive. 30 years of readability are unique among professional media and this has been proven many times over the year by the IBM labs and customers alike.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-db5d6af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"db5d6af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba819ae\" data-id=\"ba819ae\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd221d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd221d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LTO-Tape-Border.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2805\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LTO-Tape-Border.png 914w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LTO-Tape-Border-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/LTO-Tape-Border-768x397.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">At 10EUR\/USD, LTO Tape provides the lowest cost per TB.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-632afd1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"632afd1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b01274d\" data-id=\"b01274d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16e9718 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16e9718\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Speed<\/strong>: with up to 360MB\/s LTO-8 tape is the fastest LTO tape so far. To increase the throughput even further, multiple drives can be parallelized as with P5 Backup and P5 Archive to almost multiply the throughput.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accessibility<\/strong>: LTO tape can now be used even on the desktop, in a 19\u201d rack and in a data center. The desktop drives with Thunderbolt make it ideal for media production, since the setup can be transported easily. Any Mac and PC with Thunderbolt can become an Archive workstation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Open exchange format<\/strong>: With LTO tape formatted as LTFS, there is an open standard to transfer large amounts of data between companies. Multiple vendors offer free drivers to do that. Archiware P5 Archive writes and reads LTFS tapes and offers LTFS as archive format (beginning with version 6.1).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proven track record<\/strong>: storage tape has ben developed in the IBM labs since the 1950s and has had many opportunities to demonstrate its longevity. Tape is more robust than hard drives and optical media.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lowest cost per TB<\/strong>: LTO tape has an extremely low cost per TB of about 10EUR\/USD per TB. Additionally, there are massive savings compared to disk storage because the power consumption of tape drives and libraries is very low and they work without cooling. Compared to cloud storage, the initial investment in hard- and software pays off soon, since there are no monthly payments. Especially for rarely accessed files, this is a big benefit and cost saving.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f96f99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f96f99\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ad95f0c\" data-id=\"ad95f0c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-466804e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"466804e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DSC_8621-Archiv-Arbeitsplatz-mit-LTO-8_2_DxO-1024x681.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3627\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DSC_8621-Archiv-Arbeitsplatz-mit-LTO-8_2_DxO-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DSC_8621-Archiv-Arbeitsplatz-mit-LTO-8_2_DxO-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DSC_8621-Archiv-Arbeitsplatz-mit-LTO-8_2_DxO-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DSC_8621-Archiv-Arbeitsplatz-mit-LTO-8_2_DxO-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/DSC_8621-Archiv-Arbeitsplatz-mit-LTO-8_2_DxO-2048x1363.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Archive workstation with LTO desktop drive.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba6dae2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba6dae2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Archiware P5 Archive and P5 Backup work with LTO drives and libraries of all vendors. Both offer tape parallelisation for maximum throughput and tape cloning for maximum security.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e5f27ee elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e5f27ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc4c663\" data-id=\"cc4c663\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56886e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56886e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Learn more on how to plan and build an archive in this post:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8737995 elementor-widget elementor-widget-embedpres_elementor\" data-id=\"8737995\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"embedpres_elementor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"embedpress-elements-wrapper  \" id=\"ep-elements-id-8737995\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ep-elementor-content-8737995\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-elementor-content\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  ep-content-protection-disabled\t\t\t\t\tsource-default\t\t\t\t\t\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"8737995\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-embed-content-wrapper\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tep-google-photos-\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-show-title=\"yes\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"ep-elementor-content-8737995\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-elementor-content\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  ep-content-protection-disabled\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsource-default\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"8737995\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ep-embed-content-wraper\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ose-wrapper ose-uid-909a14a7ae83e1ccc15565e8ae2ac565 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:1500px; 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