Erase LTO Tape ? - A brief guide

LTO or Linear Tape Open is a magnetic tape data storage technology originally developed in the late 1990s. Seagate, HP and IBM initiated the LTO Consortium, which directs development and manages licensing and certification of media and mechanism manufacturers. The standard form-factor of LTO technology goes by the name "Ultrium", the original version of which was released in 2000 and could hold 100 GB of data in a single cartridge. The most recent version was released in 2007 and can hold 800 GB in the same size cartridge. Since 2002, LTO has been the best selling "super tape" format and is widely used with computer systems for backup and data archive.
There are currently four versions available on the market, simply called LTO-1, LTO-2, LTO-3 and LTO-4.

Yes, however if you erase LTO tapes with an eraser or degausser then the tape cannot be reused because the magnetic servo signals which are pre-written will be removed.

V92 Digitape Degausser, can erase the following media: Broadcast & Video: DVC Pro, Hi 8 Data: Diskettes, QIC-DC 600, 2000, TK50, 70, 85, DLT, 3480/3490E/3590E,4mm/8mm/Exabyte/Travan , LTO 1, 2 & 3
V91 Manual Degausser, can erase the following media: 3.5" & 5.24" PC hard drives; Super DLT I, II & III; DLT IV - VSL; 0." computer tape; Diskettes (single/boxed); DC 600, 2000; TK50, 70, 85: 3480/3490E/3590/3590E; 4mm; 800; Exabyte, Travan, DLT; DAT; ZIP Disk; Ultrium LTO 1, 2, 3 & 4; S-DLT; 9840; 9940
V870 Bulk LTO Eraser , can erase the following media: Cassettes: 4 and 8mm, S-VHS, VHS, Audio, Betacam, Betamax, DAT, Compact Cassettes; Super DLT I, II and III; Ultrium LTO; DLT IV-VSL; 3590;
SDD Master, for those that require a confirmed secure method to erase the following media: 2.5" & 3.5" hard drives [up to a physical max. of 4"x 1"x5.8" (WxHxD). Longitudinal & Perpendicular. DLT; S-DLT; LTO1, 2, 3 & 4; 3480/3490/34901e, 3590, 9840 & T9940 tape; Ultrium & Redwood SD-3 tape & cartridges; Mammoth 1 & 2, 8mm, AIT1 & 2, M2 tape; DDS 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, DD-2 & DFT-1 & 2
SV90 CESG Approved Eraser , approved by the UK Government and meets the specified requirements of CESG Degausser Standard for the secure erasure and destruction of information and data stored on magnetic media up to the restricted and below level. Also meets German security approval DIN33858. Secure erasing of the following media: Reels:- ½" & 1" NAB (16"max), Adapters required for ¼" NAB, ½" IBM & ¼" DIN, for 2" tapes only special SV90/2 is required: Cassettes:- carriages available for Beta SP, digital Betacam, Mll, VHS, R-DAT 8mm, U-matic, Betacam 3480, 3590; TK50, 75, 85; DC600, DC1000 ; Super DLT I, II & III; Ultrium LTO 1, 2 & 3; DLT IV - VSL
Mag EraSURE™ , listed on the NSA and DoD eraser list and can erase the following media: Hard Disk Drives (3.5, 2.5 & 1.8 inch up to 1 inch in height) Tape: DLT, LTO, 3480, QIC removable Magnetic Disk: 3.5 inch floppy disk, Zip, Jaz, Rev, Orb disk

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