LTO-3 media prices climb Pricing for LTO-3 media increased 17% this month, the biggest jump across the categories we track. Its $68 price tag represents a $2 spike since July. Among hard disk drives, prices have held fairly steady with one big exception: The cost of a 73GB SCSI 15,000 rpm hard disk drive has dropped a total of $35 in the last six months. Tape drive prices declined in every category, with LTO-3 registering a fall of 10.51% to $2,686. Hard disk drives Tape drives Media ALL CHARTS SHOW AVERAGE COST PER UNIT