40TB LTO-10 tapes quietly go on sale for $494 — a single tape can hold 13,000,000 songs and up to 100TB of compressed data with a 400MB/s transfer rate

Each LTO-10 cartridge natively holds 40 TB, expanding to 100 TB when compressed

Fujifilm uses Barium Ferrite particles for improved magnetic stability and lifespan

Uncompressed transfer speed reaches 440MB per second — higher when compressed

Fujifilm has begun selling its newest LTO-10 Ultrium tape cartridge, a storage format built specifically for enterprise archival and long-term backup needs.

Each cartridge holds 40TB of native capacity, expanding to as much as 100TB once standard 2.5 to 1 compression gets applied.

At that…