Basic Requirements For Cartridges; Table A-3. Basic Requirements For Dlt Cartridges; Table A-4. 9840 Cartridge Specifications - HP Surestore Tape Library Model 10/588 Hardware Manual

Basic Requirements for Cartridges

LSM cartridges must meet specifications defined in, American National
Standard Magnetic Tape & Cartridge for Information Interchange, ACS X3B5.
Cartridges must meet the following requirements:

Table A-3. Basic Requirements for DLT Cartridges

Cartridges
Media
Volume serial number
(VOLSER) label
Table A-4
9840 Tape Drive System.

Table A-4. 9840 Cartridge Specifications

Characteristics
Cartridge type STK1R
Cartridge type STK1U
Dimensions
Weight
Data compression
Media life
Data error rates, including those caused by
media defects
10.16 cm x 12.7 cm x 2.54 cm (4 in. x 5 in. x 1 in.)
Integrated thumbwheel
Chromium dioxide
1.27 cm (0.5 in.) wide
165 m (541 ft) long minimum
No beginning of tape/end of tape reflective markers
Valid characters are A-Z, 0-9, # (crosshatch), or trailing blanks.
Leading blanks are not allowed.
shows the specifications for the tape cartridges to be inserted into the
Basic Requirements for Cartridges
Values
270 m (886 ft) 8 microns tape
Cleaning cartridge
125 x 109 x 24.5 mm
(4.92 x 4.29 x 0.958 in.)
260 g (9.17 oz.)
LZ-1 Enhanced
10 year minimum
Uncorrected bit error rate (BER) is 1 in 10
bytes
18
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