Do You Need to Migrate to Next-Gen LTO?

July 28, 2025

LTO tape has been the go-to for long-term storage for years — but whether to migrate your data is a question many are struggling to answer.

Newer LTO generations offer huge capacity jumps, but they’ve also reduced backward compatibility, making migration decisions more complicated than before. Should you migrate everything? Keep older drives around? Or retire data you no longer need?

In this video, we break down the options and share practical tips to help you find the right strategy for your archive.

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