{"id":5130,"date":"2024-11-03T17:45:13","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T16:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/?p=5130"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T11:01:28","slug":"lto-tape-backwards-compatibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/lto-tape-backwards-compatibility\/","title":{"rendered":"LTO Tape \u2013 Backwards Compatibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO-generations-dall-e-2-1024x504.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO-generations-dall-e-2-1024x504.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO-generations-dall-e-2-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO-generations-dall-e-2-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO-generations-dall-e-2-18x9.png 18w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO-generations-dall-e-2.png 1288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting with LTO-8, changes were made to LTO&#8217;s backwards compatibility. Previously, LTO drives could read tapes from two generations back and write to tapes from the previous generation. For instance, an LTO-7 drive could read LTO-7, LTO-6, and LTO-5 tapes, as well as write to LTO-7 and LTO-6 tapes. However, this two-generation backward reading compatibility ceased with LTO-8. An LTO-8 drive can read and write only LTO-8 and LTO-7 tapes, without compatibility for reading LTO-6 tapes. Similarly, an LTO-9 drive can read and write LTO-9 and LTO-8 tapes but cannot read LTO-7 tapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO_10_Cartridge-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5341\" style=\"width:191px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO_10_Cartridge-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO_10_Cartridge-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO_10_Cartridge-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO_10_Cartridge-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO_10_Cartridge-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO_10_Cartridge-144x144.png 144w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO_10_Cartridge-270x270.png 270w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO_10_Cartridge-230x230.png 230w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/LTO_10_Cartridge.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LTO-10 will be released in the summer of 2025, and backwards compatibility will be a thing of the past, moving forwards. LTO-10 drives will only read and write LTO-10 tapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LTO drive generations 1-7 are able to read tapes from two generations prior and are able to write to tapes from the prior generation.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LTO-8 drives can read and write to LTO-7 and LTO-8 media, including LTO-7 Type M.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LTO-9 drives can read and write to LTO-8 and LTO-9 media only.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LTO-10 drives (announced summer-2025) can read and write only LTO-10 media, ending backwards compatibility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the table&#8217;s below, we summarise the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>LTO Drive Generation<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Can Read<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Can Write<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LTO-1<\/td><td>LTO-1<\/td><td>LTO-1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LTO-2<\/td><td>LTO-2,1<\/td><td>LTO-2,1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LTO-3<\/td><td>LTO-3,2,1<\/td><td>LTO-3,2<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LTO-4<\/td><td>LTO-4,3,2<\/td><td>LTO-4,3<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LTO-5<\/td><td>LTO-5,4,3<\/td><td>LTO-5,4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LTO-6<\/td><td>LTO-6,5,4<\/td><td>LTO-6,5<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LTO-7<\/td><td>LTO-7,6,5<\/td><td>LTO-7,6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LTO-8<\/td><td>LTO-8,7 (including<br>LTO-7 Type M)<\/td><td>LTO-8,7 (including<br>LTO-7 Type M)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LTO-9<\/td><td>LTO-9,8<\/td><td>LTO-9,8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>LTO-10<\/td><td>LTO-10<\/td><td>LTO-10<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"979\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-LTO-Gen-Grid.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-LTO-Gen-Grid.png 1000w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-LTO-Gen-Grid-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-LTO-Gen-Grid-768x752.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-LTO-Gen-Grid-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Archiware&#8217;s P5 software is unique in supporting all LTO tape generations and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archiware.com\/system-requirements\">hardware vendors devices<\/a>, using its own internal drivers. There&#8217;s no dependency on third party software. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archiware.com\/products\/p5-backup\">P5 Backup<\/a> provides disaster-recovery backup to LTO and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archiware.com\/products\/p5-archive\">P5 Archive<\/a> provides long-term cold storage for your data on LTO. Click those links to learn more. All files that are archived with P5 Archive can also later migrate from any to any LTO generation using the P5 Archive DLM add-on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.archiware.com\/products\/p5-archive-dlm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/P5_Archive_DLM-1024x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/P5_Archive_DLM-1024x333.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/P5_Archive_DLM-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/P5_Archive_DLM-768x250.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/P5_Archive_DLM-1536x499.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/P5_Archive_DLM-2048x665.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/P5_Archive_DLM-18x6.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chart below compares the latest LTO-10 to previous generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"477\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-P5-Generations-1024x477.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-P5-Generations-1024x477.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-P5-Generations-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-P5-Generations-768x357.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-P5-Generations-18x8.png 18w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-P5-Generations-750x350.png 750w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-P5-Generations-642x300.png 642w, https:\/\/blog.archiware.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Archiware-P5-Generations.png 1506w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting with LTO-8, changes were made to LTO&#8217;s backwards compatibility. Previously, LTO drives could read tapes from two generations back and write to tapes from the previous generation. 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