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Usage Inhibition Standard
If a data cartridge that you are using is in the case below, you must replace it.
When the data cartridge is given a strong shock, for example, when falling, and damaged.
When the recording surface is contaminated with liquid, such as soft drink, coffee and tea, detergent,
metal chips or cigarette ash.
If you insert a data cartridge in such a condition into the Internal LTO, the read/write
head or the Internal LTO itself may be damaged or contaminated, causing a machine
failure.
Also, if you insert a new data cartridge into the Internal LTO whose head is
contaminated or scratched and you do not know about it, the data cartridge may be
contaminated or damaged. In this way, damage is expanding.
Service Life
The data cartridge is getting wear and tear by reading and writing. To continuously use the wasted tape, it
may become not only a cause of error but also the data damage written in the tape. To avoid the above
situation, you should change the date it is used for a long time.
Storage life
Above estimation may be shortened by the operating environment conditions (temperature, humidity,
dust, etc.).
It is recommended to do the followings to manage the service life of the data cartridge.
Assign a management number to a new data cartridge. Enter the number in the data cartridge label.
Create the data cartridge management book. Record the date when each data cartridge is used and
estimate how many years a d how often each cartridge is used.
Examine the data cartridge management book and index label regularly. Discard the cartridges
having low reliability, such as long usage cartridge and/or the cartridge with frequent write/read
errors.
The tape magnetic layer is composed of the chemicals and it becomes deteriorated as the time elapses.
Although the tape service life, which is determined by this deterioration, various greatly depending on the
tape storage environment (humidity, temperature), the tape is generally serviceable for about five years since
you purchase, even it is not used.
Frequency
260 times
Usage life
Two years under the typical office
environment
Five years under the environmental
controlled machine room
Five years
Estimated life
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