Cartridge Memory; Cartridge Reliability; Figure 2. Ultrium Cartridge - Seagate STU62001LW Viper Product Manual

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Cartridge memory

Cartridge reliability

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Figure 2. Ultrium cartridge

Each Ultrium 1 cartridge has 4 Kbytes of nonvolatile memory: 3 Kbytes are used to
store tape-directory and hardware specific information. 700 bytes are available for
application and OEM use. The cartridge memory is powered, read, and written to via
a radio-frequency link.
The media life of the cartridge is expected to be one million passes.
Recommended cartridge use: After 5,000 load/unload cycles, replace the cartridge to
insure data integrity.
See the Ultrium Tape Format section of this manual for additional cartridge
information and illustrations.
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