| HPE LTO Ultrium 15000 Tape Drive | |
| Feature | Description |
| Native | 6TB |
| Compressed | 15TB |
| Buffer Size | 1024MB |
| Sustained transfer rate, native | 300 MB/s |
| Burst transfer rate | 600 MB/s with 6 Gb/s SAS |
| Data rate matching range | 100-300 MB/s (native) |
| Data access time (from BOT) | 60 s typical for LTO 7 media |
| Rewind time from EOT | 114 s (6TB tape) |
| Rewind tape speed | 9.0 m/s |
| Average load time | 12 s |
| Average unload time | 17 s |
| Encryption | AES 256-bit |
| WORM media support | LTO-6 media |
| MTBF | 250,000 hrs at 100% duty cycle |
| Uncorrected error rate | 1 in 1x1019 bits |
| Rewriteable media compatibility | Read: LTO Ultrium 4 |
| Read and Write: LTO Ultrium 6, LTO Ultrium 5 | |
| Recording method | 32-channel linear serpentine |
| Recording format | LTO Ultrium 7 |
| LTO Ultrium 6 (for 2.5 TB tape) | |
| Data compression | LTO DC dual mode compression (an enhanced version of ALDC) |
| Error detection/correction | Reed-Solomon |
| Read channel | Partial |
| Read channel technology | Partial Response Maximum Likelihood (PRML) |
| Data tracks | 3584 |
| Data encoding method | RLL 32/33 |
| Interface type | 6 Gb/s Dual Port SAS |
| SAS connector | SAS internal: mini-SAS SFF8482 |
| SAS external: mini-SAS SFF8088 | |