Supported Hardware

Updated July 4, 2026

Supported Hardware

Hiberden runs on Windows and writes to tape, local disk, NAS, and cloud. Only the tape Destination needs special hardware.

Tape: LTO-9 through LTFS

At launch, Hiberden supports LTO-9 tape, accessed through LTFS (the open Linear Tape File System). Because Hiberden treats tape as an LTFS file system rather than driving the hardware directly, it works with an LTFS-capable LTO-9 drive or library. Archives are written as standard TAR, so the contents are readable with standard tools, not only with Hiberden.

LTO-10 support is a planned post-launch fast-follow. It is not available yet, and Hiberden does not present LTO-10 as supported at launch.

Everything else needs no special hardware

• Local disk is any drive on the Windows machine.
• NAS is any network share reachable over SMB (a UNC path or a mapped drive).
• Cloud is any S3-compatible account; no appliance required. See Supported cloud providers.

For how copies on each of these are proven intact, see What "Verified" means, and for arranging them into a resilient set, the 3-2-1 model.