The LTO-2 tape was released in March 2003. TDK LTO-2 tape has double capacity and transfer speed as compared to lto-1 backup tape. This version of TDK LTO-2 tape D2405-LTO2AX switched to PRML Partial Response Maximum Likelihood encoding. TDK lto-2 tape has 200 GB native capacity and compressed rate of 400 GB. It has a transfer rate of up to 40 MB/s.

The TDK lto-2 D2405-LTO2AX linear tape open thickness is 8.9 μm, and tdk LTO-2 D2405-LTO2AX length is 609 m. lto-2 has 512 tracks. The wraps per band are 16 and linear density (bits/mm) is 7398. The LTO Ultrium flexibility allows for a substantial amount of implementation freedom with respect to performance characteristics, form factor, reliability, controllers, and interfaces - while tape cartridges remain interchangeable among LTO Ultrium tape drive.

LTO tape media products and versions are LTO1 tape, LTO2 tape, LTO3 tape, LTO4 tape, LTO barcode labels, LTO cartridge memory readers, lto cleaning cartridges , lto empty cases, mr-l1mqn-01, 183800, 16598, 26220001, HP LTO2, TDK LTO2, 26230010, C7973A, turtle 4623, turtle4623, turtle-4623, MR-L3MQN-01, HP LTO3, maxell lto4, 26592, MR-LUCQN-01. lto-5 and lto-6 are under development and will be available in future. The LTO backup tape brands available are Sony backup tape cartridge, Quantum tape, TDK tape cartridge, HP backup tape cartridge, IBM backup tape, Sun backup tape cartridge, Fuji backup tape, Maxell backup tape cartridge, and Imation backup tape cartridge.

The parts available are mr-l1mqn-01, 183800, 16598, 26220001, HP LTO2, TDK LTO2, 26230010, C7973A, MR-L3MQN-01, HP LTO3, maxell lto4, 26592, turtle 4623, turtle4623, turtle-4623, MR-LUCQN-01, travan tapes, VXA tapes, dat72, 08L9120, 16598, 26220001, D2405-LTO2AX , MR-L2MQN-01, HP LTO2, 183900, C7973A , MR-L3MQN-01 , lto4 , HP LTO4, TDK LTO4, Sony LTO4, 26592, LTX800G , dlt-iv tape, 26200014, MR-LUCQN-01, Blu-ray Disc , 26162, 26165, SONY blu ray disk , BNR50RH , BNE25AHE , BNR25AHE , TDK blu-ray blank , VERBATIM blu-ray blank dvd , 95357, 95358, 95359. hp lto1 tape, C7971a, 08L9870 , maxell lto2, 183850, 26220001, 94527, C7972A, D2405-LTO2AX , LTX200G, lto2, Sony LTO2, 183900, 26230010, C7973A , LTX400GWW , Sony LTO3, lto-4 tape, fuji lto4, Sony LTO4, 183906, 26247007, dlt-iv tape, 15931, 08L9124 , C7978A

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