HP StoreEver Ultrium Tape Drives - Manual (Page 48)

• Ultrium 3 TB RW* and Ultrium 3 TB* WORM tape cartridges for use with Ultrium 3000 tape
drives.
• Ultrium 1.6 TB RW* and Ultrium 1.6 TB* WORM tape cartridges for use with Ultrium 1760 tape
drives.
• Ultrium 800 GB RW* and Ultrium 800 GB* WORM tape cartridges for use with Ultrium 920
tape drives.
• Ultrium 400 GB* RW tape cartridges for use with Ultrium 448 tape drives.
Table 3 Data cartridge compatibility
Ultrium 3 TB*
data cartridge
Ultrium 1.6
TB* data cart-
ridge Ultrium 800
GB* data cart-
ridge Ultrium 400
GB* data cart-
ridge Ultrium 200
GB* data cart-
ridge
Tape drive
model
read/write
(C7975A) and
write once/read
many (C7975W)
read/write and
write once/read
many
read only not supported not supported Ultrium 3000
not supported
read/write
(C7974A) and
write once/read
many (C7974W)
read/write and
write once/read
many
read only not supported Ultrium 1760
not supported not supported
read/write
(C7973A) and
write once/read
many (C7973W)
read/write read only Ultrium 920
not supported not supported not supported
read/write
(C7972A)
read/write Ultrium 448
* Capacity assumes 2:1 compression.
NOTE:
The 100 GB* data cartridge, C7970A, is also supported on Ultrium 448 tape drives. It is not supported
on Ultrium 920, Ultrium 1760 and Ultrium 3280 tape drives.
HP Ultrium WORM data cartridges
The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 3000, 1760 and 920 tape drive includes support for both re-writable
and Write-Once, Read-Many, WORM, data cartridges. WORM cartridges provide an enhanced
level of data security against accidental or malicious alteration of data on the tape cartridge. The
WORM data cartridge can be appended to maximize the full capacity of the tape cartridge, but the
user will be unable to erase or overwrite data on the cartridge. Any attempt to modify a WORM
cartridge to enable writing over existing data will result in the media becoming permanently write
protected. It should still be readable in a WORM drive, depending upon the severity of the tampering,
but no further appended backups will be possible.
WORM data cartridges are clearly identified by their distinctive, two-tone cartridge color. They can
only be used with Ultrium tape drives that support the WORM feature.
To check whether your backup or archive software application supports WORM cartridges, refer to
the following web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/connect .
Use the correct media 48