Cartridge Compatibility; Data Cartridge; The Ibm Totalstorage Lto Ultrium 400 Gb; Ultrium Data Cartridge Compatibility With Ultrium 3 Tape Drive - IBM System Storage TS3310 Setup And Operator Manual

Cartridge Compatibility

Data Cartridge

When processing tape in the cartridges, Ultrium Tape Drives use a linear,
serpentine recording format. The Ultrium 3 drive reads and writes data on 704
tracks, sixteen tracks at a time. The first set of tracks ) is written from near the
beginning of the tape to near the end of the tape. The head then repositions to the
next set of tracks for the return pass. This process continues until all tracks are
written and the cartridge is full, or until all data is written.
Figure 8-1. The IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 400 GB Data Cartridge
The cartridge door (
the cartridge is out of the drive. Behind the door, the tape is attached to a leader
pin (
mechanism pulls the pin (and tape) out of the cartridge, across the drive head, and
onto a non-removable take-up reel. The head can then read or write data from or
to the tape.
The write-protect switch (
tape cartridge. For more information, see "Write-Protect Switch" on page 8-7.
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TS3310 Tape Library Setup and Operator Guide
Table 8-1. Ultrium data cartridge compatibility with Ultrium 3 tape drive
IBM Ultrium
400 GB (Ultrium 3)
Tape Drive
400 GB WORM
Ultrium 3 Read/Write
LTO cartridge memory (cut-away
1
view)
Cartridge door
2
Leader Pin
3
2
3
in Figure 8-1). When the cartridge is inserted into the drive, a threading
IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium Data Cartridges
200 GB (Ultrium 2)
Read/Write
4
5
6
in Figure 8-1) protects the tape from contamination when
4
in Figure 8-1) prevents data from being written to the
100 GB (Ultrium 1)
Read only
Write-protect Switch
Label area
Insertion guide