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LTO Tape Media
To insure proper operation of your FastStor LTO, use only LTO-certified data cartridges.
Whenever possible, store the LTO Data Cartridge in the following room-environment conditions:
N
Temperature of 20 C, 5C (68 F, 9 F)
N
Relative humidity of 50% ( 20%)
Environmental Factor
Temperature
Relative humidity
(noncondensing)
Wet bulb temperature
The data cartridges used in the LTO Ultrium drive are housed in plastic cases and employ
native capacity of 100GB, and a compressed capacity if 200GB (assuming average 2:1 compression). The cartridge also contains a
Linear Tape Open Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) chip, which contains information about the cartridge and the tape (such as the
name of the manufacturer who created the tape, the cartridge's volume serial (volser) number, statistical information about the
cartridge's use, and a directory of the data on the tape.
Write-Protect Switch
The write-protect switch is used to prevent recording over existing data. To prevent recording or deleting, set the write-protect
switch to the closed position ( ). The drive senses the position of the switch and will not allow writing in this position. When
installing cartridges in the FastStor LTO, place the switch in the open position ( ), unless you do not wish to record on a specific
cartridge. To set the write-protect switch, slide it left or right to the desired position.
N
If the switch is set to
N
If the switch is set to
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Introduction
Recommended Environment
Operating
10 C to 40 C
(50 F to 104 F)
20% to 80%
26 C
(79 F)
LT0 Data Cartridge
data cannot be written to the tape.
data can be written to and read from the tape.
Storage
Shipping
16 C to 32 C
-23 C to 49 C
(61 F to 90 F)
(-9 F to 120 F)
20% to 80%
20% to 80%
26 C
26 C
(79 F)
(79 F)
½
-inch metal particle tape that has a
Write-Protect Switch
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