Until now most LTO tape products were generic repurposed IT systems or otherwise design-compromised with low-cost components. With the introduction of SymplyPRO Thunderbolt LTO that’s all changed. SymplyPRO Thunderbolt LTO was designed with professionals in mind. Comprising space-effective single desktop designs and innovative dual-drive desktop systems featuring Symply CableLess technology, making them highly serviceable and upgradeable, SymplyPRO Thunderbolt LTO delivers more.

Each SymplyPRO Thunderbolt LTO desktop utilizes a robust and stylish metal alloy enclosure. And it’s not only rugged – it’s compact and full-featured. With a premium power supply and cooling system, SymplyPRO Thunderbolt LTO is designed for years of trouble-free service. The desktop systems include two Thunderbolt 3 ports for daisy chaining and fast device charging. Uniquely they also include a SAS Expansion Port and SAS Host Port in case you need to connect other SAS devices to your Thunderbolt-equipped computer or use the SymplyPRO Thunderbolt LTO with a non-Thunderbolt workstation with a SAS connection. 

The SymplyPRO Ethernet LTO appliances are a revolutionary range of desktop and rack-mountable high-performance LTO appliances with Ethernet connectivity designed to disaggregate LTO resources from costly and power-hungry computer platforms. The result is enhanced data protection tasks distributed across your network, providing readily available high-speed access to the renowned Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology, for Media and Entertainment, SMBs, SMEs, Healthcare, Education, Research, Surveillance, Datacenter, and Federal customers.

SymplyPRO Ethernet LTO appliances built on the existing SymplyPRO LTO family, empowering organizations with secure, shared access to up to 4 x LTO tape drives over a 10Gb Ethernet iSCSI network.  The LTO tape drives are presented over the ethernet network to a host OS as an iSCSI target so they can be utilized by data protection and archive applications as if they were a SAS or Fibre Channel LTO drive, thus ensuring broad interoperability.

High-Performance Architecture

At the core of the SymplyPRO Ethernet appliances lies a potent ARM processor, enabling lightning-fast command processing and data traversal on distinct pathways. This results in maximum block transfer sizes to the LTO drives across the Ethernet network providing a performance up to 2000MB/Sec, while integrated data acceleration technology ensures optimal performance without straining host system computer resources. Resultantly the SymplyPRO Ethernet appliances provide a remarkable 20% performance increase over conventional SAS-connected LTO drives. 

Unparalleled Configuration Flexibility

SymplyPRO Ethernet appliances are available either with integrated LTO drives in the SymplyPRO Ethernet LTO, or as the SymplyPRO Ethernet Bridge which is designed to connect to external standalone or automated LTO drives only.

The SymplyPRO Ethernet LTO models, support 1 or 2 Half-Height LTO-7, LTO-8, LTO-9, or LTO-9 Full-Height drives internally. A SAS Expansion Port allows the appliance to connect to a further 1 or 2 LTO standalone drives, or drives within a tape library for a powerful mix of standalone and automated drives providing maximum flexibility.

SymplyPRO Ethernet Bridge is a 1RU appliance that functions a performance iSCSI to SAS Bridge with dual 10Gb Ethernet interfaces to one SAS SFF-8466 port that supports up to 4 x SAS connected LTO drives either standalone or within a LTO library.

Until now many Desktop LTO tape SAS connect products feature large form factors that were noisy and not great for desktop environments. Other manufacturers used inexpensive and off-the-shelf design-compromised chassis with low-cost components. With the introduction of SymplyPRO SAS that’s all changed.

Symply’s stand-alone LTO SAS desktop tape drive delivers an affordable, environmentally friendly solution that businesses can rely on for backup and archiving of data. All Symply PRO SAS drives are fully compatible with Linear Tape File System (LTFS) software providing massive interoperability and providing customers with a non-proprietary file format for long-term cold storage, that is easy to migrate and exchange between stakeholders.

Whatever industry you are in, there is a SymplyPRO SAS configuration to suit your needs from single and dual Half-Height LTO-7, LTO-8 and LTO-9 drives to the latest Full-Height LTO-9 enterprise drives, in desktop or rackmount form factors.

SymplyPRO DIT Thunderbolt LTO is a unique full-featured backup, archive and transfer system designed specifically for on-set and DIT data protection use with features that can enhance every production and postproduction pipeline.

Unlike other solutions, this is not a repurposed generic “off the shelf” IT chassis with a new logo. The SymplyPRO DIT Thunderbolt was designed by working with media professionals and hearing their needs and wants. We took what they asked for, added high-quality components, and SymplyPRO DIT Thunderbolt was born.

The SymplyPRO DIT Thunderbolt is based on our advanced desktop SymplyPRO product line featuring a rugged metal alloy enclosure, premium power supply and cooling. Then we added multi-access technology that combines docking support for any 2.5” SSD or Atomos Master Caddie for fast all-in-one DIT operations. Comprising space-effective single desktop designs and innovative dual-drive desktop systems featuring Symply CableLess technology, making them highly serviceable and upgradeable, SymplyPRO DIT Thunderbolt delivers more.

Each SymplyPRO DIT LTO system includes two Thunderbolt 3 ports for daisy chaining and fast device charging. They also uniquely include a SAS Expansion Port and SAS Host Port in case you need to connect other SAS devices to your Thunderbolt-equipped computer or use it with a non-Thunderbolt workstation.

Configurations are available with LTO-7, LTO-8, and LTO-9 Half-Height drives, and the latest Full-Height LTO-9 drive with native 18TB raw capacity and read/write speeds of up to 400MB/s. A perfect match for offloading camera cards and SSDs at speed for high-end feature films. 100MB/Sec advantage adds up to 360000MB per hour, 8640000MB per day. You do the math on the time saving on a shoot that lasts several months!

All SymplyPRO DIT Thunderbolt desktops feature Linear Tape File System (LTFS) support, for compatibility with a myriad of backup and archive applications. Ensure data is stored in a non-proprietary format that is easy to interchange and migrate. In some use cases, LTFS can reduce the need for backup or archive software and allows users to easily interchange data using LTO cartridges or copying data to and from hard drives or SSDs. Hedge, Imagine Products, Retrospect, StorageDNA, Veeam, XenData, and YoYotta to ensure the best possible customer experience.