Disposing Of Tape Cartridges; Tape Cartridge Temperature And Humidity Specifications - IBM TS4300 User Manual

Table 65 on page 218 gives the environment for operating, storing, and shipping LTO Ultrium Tape
Cartridges.
Table 65. Tape Cartridge Temperature and Humidity Specifications
Mode
Recommended
Environment
Allowable Environment
Local permanent tape
2
damage temperature
Shipping
Notes:
1. Per the U932 LTO Tape Format Specification, this mode is known as Short Term Storage Temperature and
the temperature range is 16°C to 35°C.
2. Local tape temperature in excess of 52°C might cause permanent tape damage.

Disposing of tape cartridges

Current rules about the appropriate disposal of tape cartridges.
Under the current rules of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regulation 40CFR261, the LTO
Ultrium Tape Cartridge is classified as non-hazardous waste. As such, it might be disposed of in the same
way as normal office trash. These regulations are amended from time to time, and you must review them
at the time of disposal.
If your local, state, country (non-US), or regional regulations are more restrictive than EPA 40CFR261, you
must review them before you dispose of a cartridge. Contact your account representative for information
about the materials that are in the cartridge.
If a tape cartridge must be disposed of in a secure manner, you can erase the data on the cartridge with
a high-energy ac degausser (use a minimum of 4000 oersted peak field over the entire space that the
cartridge occupies). The tape must make two passes through the field at 90 degree orientation change
for each pass to achieve complete erasure. Some commercial degaussers have two magnetic field regions
offset 90 degrees from each other to accomplish complete erasure in one pass for higher throughput.
Degaussing makes the cartridge unusable.
If you burn the cartridge and tape, ensure that the incineration complies with all applicable regulations.
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Relative Humidity (non-
1
Temperature
16°C - 25°C
16°C - 32°C
>52°C
25°C - 49°C
condensing) Dew Point Temperature
20% - 50%
20% - 80%
N/A
5% - 80%
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22°C
22°C
N/A
26°C