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7 use the correct media, Cartridges, Cleaning cartridges – HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives User Manual

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7 Use the correct media

For best performance we recommend HP branded media. Order online at:

http://www.hp.com/

go/storagemedia

.

In this chapter:

Cartridges (page 36)

LTO Ultrium WORM data cartridges (page 37)

LTO-6 and LTO-5 Ultrium tape drives and partitioning (page 37)

LTO-6, LTO-5 and LTO-4 Ultrium tape drives and encryption (page 37)

Write protecting cartridges (page 39)

Cleaning the tape drive (page 40)

Handling cartridges (page 40)

Operating and storage environment (page 41)

Cartridges

Cleaning cartridges

The recommended cleaning cartridges is the HP Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge, C7978A
(Orange). This cleaning cartridge is designed to work with any LTO Ultrium drive. It may be used
for up to 50 cleans.

NOTE:

Do not use the earlier HP Ultrium cartridge, C7979A (Blue), or Ultrium cartridges from

other manufacturers.

Data cartridges

LTO Ultrium tape drives use Ultrium tape cartridges. These are single-reel cartridges that match
your drive's format and are optimized for high capacity, throughput and reliability. Compatible
media can be recognized by the Ultrium logo, which is the same as the logo on the front of your
drive. Do not use other format cartridges in your tape drive and do not use Ultrium cartridges in
other format tape drives.

For optimum performance always use a data cartridge that matches the specification of your tape
drive, (see table below). A lower specification will have a lower transfer speed and may not support
write activities; a higher specification will not support read or write.

We recommend:

HP LTO-6 Ultrium 6.25 TB RW and LTO-6 Ultrium 6.25 TB WORM cartridges for use with
LTO–6 tape drives.

HP LTO-5 Ultrium 3 TB RW and LTO-5 Ultrium 3 TB WORM tape cartridges for use with LTO–5
tape drives.

HP LTO-4 Ultrium 1.6 TB RW and Ultrium 1.6 TB WORM tape cartridges for use with LTO–4
tape drives.

Table 2 Data cartridge compatibility

Ultrium 6.25**
TB data
cartridge

Ultrium 3 TB*
data cartridge

Ultrium 1.6 TB*
data cartridge

Ultrium 800 GB*
data cartridge

Ultrium 400
GB* data
cartridge

Ultrium 200
GB* data
cartridge

HP LTO tape
drive model

read/write
(C7976A) and

read/write and
write

read only

not supported

not supported

not supported

LTO–6 Ultrium
6650

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