The SymplyDIT XTH Thunderbolt desktop combines hot-swap dual tape-drive bays with two 2.5" SSD docking bays in one space-grey enclosure, shipped here with a single LTO-9 half-height tape drive fitted. It connects over Thunderbolt 3 or 12 Gb/s SAS for on-set ingest, backup and archive in one pass.

SSD docking for fast ingest

The SSD docking bays use a SymplyDIT 2.5-inch drive tray and bridge SATA SSDs — including via an Atomos Master Caddy — to the Thunderbolt connection, so camera media can be offloaded before it goes to tape.

Room to grow

A second LTO-9 drive can be fitted into the spare bay later without powering the system down, and the fitted drive already delivers up to 18TB native capacity at up to 300 MB/s, run from an internal auto-switching power supply (110-240V).

Ready to run, and to archive safely

In the box: data and cleaning cartridges, a 2m active Thunderbolt 4 cable, SymplyLOCK and SymplyATOM software for macOS. The LTFS file system lets a tape mount and copy like a removable drive, and a finished cartridge stays a fully offline, air-gapped copy once removed. Symply backs the unit with a 3-year worldwide warranty, extendable to 5 years.