mRack - 1U Rack-Mountable Thunderbolt LTO
Rack Mountable Thunderbolt LTO Tape Drive
- 1U Rack-Mountable Thunderbolt LTO Tape Drive with single or dual drives
- Available with LTO-7, LTO-8 or LTO-9 drive(s)
- Dual Thunderbolt ports
- Dual drive version enables writing to two LTO drives simultaneously
- Easily add an additional LTO to single drive units in the future
- Ideal for desktop use or for mounting in standard 19” racks or DIT carts
- Includes Hedge Canister LTFS app for macOS - a $299 value!
- Ships complete with cleaning tape and Thunderbolt cable
| Drive Type | Native Capacity | Performance | Tape Compatibility (Read/Write) |
| LTO-7 | 6 TB | 300 MB/sec | (R/W) LTO-6 & LTO-7, (R) LTO-5 |
| LTO-8 | 12 TB | 300 MB/sec | (R/W) LTO-7 & LTO-8 |
| LTO-9 | 18 TB | 300 MB/sec | (R/W) LTO-8 & LTO-9 |
Tape made easy. Just connect to Thunderbolt.
mRack 1U Rack-Mountable Thunderbolt LTO Tape Drives enable plug and play archiving of digital media assets to LTO tape via Thunderbolt. Dead easy. An mLogic first.
LTO tape offers a shelf-life of 30+ years and a reliability level that exceeds what is achievable with spinning disk and solid state drive technology. mRack is the ultimate archiving solution to safeguard important digital media for the long term. And LTO tape is not only more reliable than disk, but much more cost effective.
Hello LTFS. Drag. Drop.
mRack 1U Rack-Mountable Thunderbolt LTO Tape Drives ship with the Hedge Canister LTFS app for macOS - a $299 Value! Canister vastly simplifies working with LTO. An easy setup, driver assistance and true drag & drop UI makes working with tape a breeze.
Canister Features
- Makes industry standard LTFS tapes
- True drag & drop archiving/retrieve for macOS (Big Sur compatible)
- Supports archiving to a single LTO or to two LTOs simultaneously
- xxHash64 verification ensures an exact replica of your source is copied to LTO
- Catalogs are created for every tape - retrieving files is simple!
- Catalogs mount as a network drive and are fully searchable by Finder
- Generates Transfer logs, Media Hash List and Manifests
- In app Console
Learn more about the Linear Tape File System (LTFS)
Works with industry leading apps.
The mRack Rack Mountable Thunderbolt LTO Tape Drive is compatible with industry leading LTO archiving and media management software for macOS and Windows including:
- Archiware
- Canister (included for macOS)
- CatDV
- Free LTFS utilities for macOS, Linux & WIndows
- myLTO
- Retrospect
Easily find archived media with CatDV Pro.
CatDV Pro media asset management (MAM) software indexes and organizes your content to make it searchable, taggable and discoverable. The software extracts metadata and generates thumbnails of each clip. CatDV Pro makes it simple to find content archived to LTO with mRack.
Deployed by content creation professionals.
"mLogic's LTO solutions perfectly compliment Digitalfilm Tree's comprehensive GeoPost data services," said Ramy Katrib, CEO of Digitalfilm Tree. "They were instrumental in safeguarding dailies and archiving completed sequences on Ted Lasso, Shrinking and Bad Monkey. In fact, they are used on all the shows we do."
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| Interface: | 2x Thunderbolt ports |
| Tape Drive(s): | Single or Dual LTO drives, LTFS Compatible, TAA Compliant |
| System Requirements: | Linux, Mac or Windows PC with Thunderbolt port |
| Size: | 19 x 16.5 x 1.75"/ 48.3 x 41.9 x 4.45 cm |
| Weight: |
mRack LTO - 16 lb / 7.25 kg mRack LTO Dual - 20 lb / 8.6 kg |
| What's in the Box? | mRack with single or dual LTO drives Universal Cleaning cartridge 1 meter Thunderbolt cable Hedge Canister license for macOS |
| Warranty: | 3-years |