mRack DIT LTO-8 is a 1U rack-mountable hybrid RAID and LTO-8 tape archiving solution designed to support today's digital workflows. Copy camera cards to high-speed RAID for online editing and then archive the raw footage and complete projects to LTO-8 tape to safeguard the media for the long term. mRack DIT LTO-8 features four Thunderbolt 2 ports and connects to any Thunderbolt-equipped Mac or PC. Add up to six spinning or solid state drives for integrated hardware RAID functionality. Archive assets to the on-board LTO-8 drive which provides up to 12TB of data storage per cartridge. LTO has a shelf life of 30+ years and is the most cost-effective storage medium on a cost-per TB basis.