Overview
Canister takes the hassle out of working with LTO.
True drag & drop archiving
Safety comes in numbers, so it's becoming more and more common to create multiple LTO copies at the same time – and save them in separate locations. Like Hedge, Canister's foundation is built to be truly multi-device. Mix different drives all you like, without the lack of speed of older generations getting in the way of newer units.
Browse & retrieve, without wear
Canister is full of technology to make sure tapes are taxed as little as possible. Browse your LTOs, cherry pick only that what you need to retrieve – preventing unneeded winding back and forth of your tape.
Illegal characters, solved.
No longer are you forced to work around LTFS' shortcomings. Canister handles any illegal character for you with URL encoding. Rocksolid, futureproof, and open to everyone. Finally, there's that guarantee that you will always be able to access your tapes, with every app. No more vendor lock-ins, ever.
Simultaneous Archiving
Safety comes in numbers, so it's becoming more and more common to create multiple LTO copies at the same time – and save them in separate locations. Like Hedge, Canister's foundation is built to be truly multi-device. Mix different drives all you like, without the lack of speed of older generations getting in the way of newer units.
Shoeshine Protection
With LTO getting faster and faster, source media can quickly become a bottleneck. With regular copy methods, too slow sources shorten the lifespan of your tapes severely. Canister's Shoeshine Protection actively manages supply and demand, resulting in one steady and continuous data stream. This way, there will never be unnecessary starts and stops.
No need for the Terminal
Everything that required you to use Terminal for, can now easily be done in Canister. Format, mount, erase – even recovery is built in, if you'd ever need it. Remember Finder triggering unwanted previews? Doesn't happen either.
A Canister license is permanent, and includes 1 year of updates.
