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Not that we've used physical tapes in years but has anyone been holding out on upgrades just because you needed
<snip>
* LTO Generation 9 media specification tape cartridge compressed capacity of up to 45 TB (18 TB native)
</snip>
?

It's here:
IBM TS4500 Tape Library supports IBM Ultrium Linear Tape-Open (LTO) 9 tape drive technology
https://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/ShowDoc.wss?docURL=/common/ssi/rep_ca/9/897/ENUS121-069/index.html

They're practically giving the cartridges away at only $200/ea. :)
https://tapeandmedia.com/lto-ultrium-9-tapes/

So when you run that backup of 2TB with four drives running in parallel...

Rob Berendt
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