Now, for a long time, I've been wondering if I could connect it, or another LTO tape drive, via USB 3.x A while back, I found this reference to an accessory on some of the IBM/Lenovo LTO-5 drives: ...

Sonnet's Echo 13 Thunderbolt 5 SSD Dock includes an incredibly fast SSD inside it that beats most external drives. But it's also a stable, powerful docking station in its own right.

If you would like to quickly add more storage via USB or access data on M.2 SSD drives, you may be interested in a new piece of kit launched by CHIEFTEC in the form of the CEB-M2C M.2 NVME SSD ...