Figure 2-18 shows a new LTO 8 data cartridge. Figure 2-18 LTO 8 data cartridge 2.3.2 LTO performance IBM LTO Ultrium 3 tape drive IBM LTO drives provide high performance and continue to improve with each new generation  of products. Applications that are highly dependent on tape-processing speed can benefit  from the significant performance that is provided by the LTO Ultrium tape drives. IBM LTO Ultrium drives provide high-speed tape operations and relief to users who have  difficulty completing tape activities in the time available. For those applications with limited  system backup windows or have large amounts of disk data to back up, LTO Ultrium tape  drives are ideal. By using the built-in data-compression capability of the LTO Ultrium drive, far greater data  rates than the decompressed data rate can potentially be achieved. However, the actual  throughput is a function of many components, such as the host system processor, disk data  rate, block size, data compression ratio, SCSI bus capabilities, and system or application  software. Installing multiple tape drives in general (or more than two in the case of IBM LTO)  on a single SCSI bus can adversely affect data transfer rates. The IBM LTO Ultrium 3 Drives offered more than double the performance of IBM Ultrium 2  with sustained data rates of 80 MBps native and 160 MBps with a 2:1 compression ratio. IBM  Ultrium 3 provides speed matching with five speeds for Ultrium 3 and Ultrium 2 cartridges and  reads and writes an Ultrium 2 cartridge at the speed of the Ultrium 2 drive. The IBM LTO Ultrium 3 tape drive has the following performance characteristics: GLYPH<SM590000> 80 MBps native sustained data transfer rate GLYPH<SM590000> 160 MBps sustained data transfer rate at a 2:1 compression ratio Chapter 2. Overview of IBM LTO Ultrium tape drives  75 LTO Ultrium 5 WORM Burgundy and silvery gray LV LTO Ultrium 6 WORM Black and silvery gray LW LTO Ultrium 7 WORM Purple and silvery gray LX LTO Ultrium 8 WORM Burgundy and silvery gray LY LTO Ultrium data cartridge Case color Media identifier