LTO Tape/6
Don't trust this information.
LTO-6 SAS Drive is assumed to be used (for now).
Links:
https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/3qfyhm/how_to_start_using_an_lto6_tape_backup_drive_with/cyxpzo5/ https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/3qfyhm/how_to_start_using_an_lto6_tape_backup_drive_with/ https://www.quantum.com/serviceandsupport/softwareanddocumentationdownloads/ltfs/index.aspx?whattab=Third https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STQNYL_2.2.2/ltfs_reference_tools_linux.html
HBA (Host Bus Adaptor)
Drive
LTO5 and up support LTFS. But all support Tar and BareOS.
Software
Tar
See LTO Tape
LTFS
Build from the upstream source code rather than using vendor source code, which sucks. A handy source rpm is provided.
https://github.com/LinearTapeFileSystem/ltfs/wiki
BareOS
Not an operating system, but an enterprise backup system with tape as one key storage backend. Does not require LTFS.