The IBM 08L6663L is an enterprise level tape cartridge. More precisely, the IBM 08L6663L is a C-format XL data cartridge that is compatible with 3570 tape drives. The 08L6663L can hold 7 GB of native and 21 GB of compressed data. Transfer rates for the 08L6663L range from 7 MB/s native to 15 MB/s compressed. An advantage to using Magstar MP tape cartridges such as the IBM 08L6663L is that data retrieval process is shortened because the head-tape contact at load is almost instantaneous.