Getting Started with Stac Replica Backup

6 Caring For Your Tape Drive

This chapter provides information about caring for your HP SureStore T4 tape

drive and its cartridge tapes.

Care of the Tape Drive

The HP SureStore T4 tape drive is simple to care for. No routine cleaning or

maintenance is required.

CAUTION Do not clean the tape drive's read-write head. Do not degauss

or demagnetize the tape drive's read-write head. This will

damage the tape drive.

Choosing Tapes for Your Tape Drive

Your HP SureStore T4 tape drive is compatible with several types of tape

cartridge:

• High-capacity Travan 4 (TR-4) mini-cartridge (QIC-3095 format), one of

which is supplied with the tape drive. This is the normal tape cartridge

you should use for your backup data.

• HP Colorado 5 GB mini-cartridges, which have a lower capacity than

TR-4 cartridges.

• QIC-Wide mini-cartridges (QIC-3095 format). This is an older tape

format that allows your T4 to maintain compatibility with previously

written tapes.

Various brands of tape cartridges will work with your tape drive. To ensure the

highest level of performance, HP brand tapes, which have been tested for

compatibility with your drive, are recommended. The following table lists tapes

that are known to be compatible with your HP SureStore T4 tape drive. See the

HP NetServer Support web site for updates to this list.