CLI Guide

11.3.2 Cartridge Storage Conditions

• Before you use a cartridge, let it acclimate to the normal operating environment for 24 hours.

• Ensure that all surfaces of the cartridge are dry before use.

• Do not expose the cartridge to moisture or direct sunlight.

• Always ship or store a cartridge in the vertical orientation and inside a jewel case to prevent

damage to the tape edge.

• Do not expose recorded or blank 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 lead to loss of data or render the blank cartridge unusable.

• Maintain the environmental conditions outlined in the Table 15.

Table 15 Cartridge Storage Conditions

Environmental

Factor

Operating Operational

Storage

Archival

Storage

Shipping

Temperature

C to 45

C (50

°F to 113 °F)

16 °C to 32 °C (61

°F to 90 °F)

C to (61 °F to

77 °F) 25 °C

-23

C to 49

C (-9 °F

to 120 °F)

Relative humidity

(non-condensing)

10 % to 80 % 20 % to 80 % 20 % to 50 % 5 % to 80 %

Wet bulb

temperature

(79 °F)

11.4 Cartridge Life

• Durability – 1,000,000 passes on any area of tape, equates to over 20,000 end-to-end passes/260

full tape backups.

• Archival life – 30 years.

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