HP has engineered smoother base film and has increased the recording density of its LTO3 C7973a media tape. HP C7973a cartridge can backup massive data amount of 400GB and the best feature about it is that you can double this capacity with compressed data, which is 800GB. All the brands of LTO 3 tape drives support the HP C7973a ultrium tape and are capable of recording 800GB at fast rate of 160MB/s.
HP has developed small sized particles that have improved the bit density of high quality HP C7973a LTO-3. Recording tracks featured by the high capacity HP LTO3 tape are 706. HP C7973a data tapes offer best cost per GB and exceptional storage solution. Tape thickness of HP LTO3 has been reduced to 8.0 um which elevates its capacity. Now you can backup more volumes of information on same amount of storage tape reel.