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Do not expose the cartridge to moisture or direct sunlight.
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Do not expose recorded cartridges to stray magnetic fields (for example, terminals, motors, video
equipment, X-ray equipment, or fields that exist near high-current cables or power supplies). Such
exposure can cause the loss of recorded data.
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Maintain the following environmental conditions outlined in the table below.
Non
Environmental Factor
Temperature
Relative humidity (non-condensing)
Operating
Operational
Storage
5 to 45
-40 to 65
degrees
degrees
Celsius
Celsius
(41 to 113
(-40 to 149
degrees
degrees
Fahrenheit)
Fahrenheit)
20 to 80%
28 degrees
Celsius
0 to 90%
No
condensation
Wet bulb temperature
(82.4
degrees
Fahrenheit)
Table 6 Tape Environmental Specifications
7.5
Cartridge life
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Durability - 2,000 passes on any area of full tape backups.
o Each time media gets loaded, unloaded, written to, read from, the media must pass through
contact patches on the cylinder head, which can eventually wear down the media.
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o A single media under optimum conditions can run around 250 backup, restore or verify
operations.
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Media Coating - Patented Ceramic Coated Metal Particle
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Archival life – 30 years.
7.6
Media Do’s and Don’ts
DO
DON’T
Store cartridges in their protective cases
Store Cartridges vertically
Inspect Cartridge for damage before each use
Unload cartridge prior to powering down the drive.
Allow 24-hour conditioning period before using media
when moving between environment change i.e.
temperature and humidity changes
Touch media with bare fingers
Stack cartridges horizontally
Use pens or pencils during cartridge inspection
Drop cartridge
Disassemble cartridge
Ship cartridges loaded into a tape drive.
Store near magnetic devices i.e. speakers, monitors,
electrical motors, power supplies.
Table 7 - Media Do's and Don't
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