Hardware Operator's Guide

A-5

Basic Requirements for Cartridges

■ 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-4 shows the specifications for the tape cartridges to be inserted into the

9840 Tape Drive System.

Table A-3. Basic Requirements for DLT Cartridges

Cartridges 10.16 cm x 12.7 cm x 2.54 cm (4 in. x 5 in. x 1 in.)

Integrated thumbwheel

Media Chromium dioxide

1.27 cm (0.5 in.) wide

165 m (541 ft) long minimum

No beginning of tape/end of tape reflective markers

Volume serial number

(VOLSER) label

Valid characters are A-Z, 0-9, # (crosshatch), or trailing blanks.

Leading blanks are not allowed.

Table A-4. 9840 Cartridge Specifications

Characteristics Values

Cartridge type STK1R

Cartridge type STK1U

270 m (886 ft) 8 microns tape

Cleaning cartridge

Dimensions 125 x 109 x 24.5 mm

(4.92 x 4.29 x 0.958 in.)

Weight 260 g (9.17 oz.)

Data compression LZ-1 Enhanced

Media life 10 year minimum

Data error rates, including those caused by

media defects

Uncorrected bit error rate (BER) is 1 in 10

bytes