HP ESL E-series Tape Libraries - Manual (Page 17)

CAUTION:
It is critical to ensure that the media you use matches the format of your tape drive. Cleaning cartridges
and formatted data cartridges are unique for each drive technology. Damage may occur if
inappropriate media is used in tape drives.
Tape cartridges and cleaning cartridges are not included with the library, and must be ordered in
addition to the library.
Cleaning cartridges
NOTE:
By default, Autoclean is disabled. Ensure your application software supports this feature before
enabling it.
If a drive experiences read/write errors when the Autoclean function is enabled, the library issues an
error message stating that drive cleaning is required. Without user intervention, the media picker
replaces the data cartridge with a cleaning cartridge. When the cleaning procedure finishes, the
media picker returns the data cartridge to the drive.
NOTE:
Ultrium cleaning cartridges have a 50-use limit, while SDLT cleaning cartridges have a 20-use limit.
Once a cleaning cartridge has reached its use limit it must be replaced. If the drive continues to request
cleaning after a cleaning cartridge has been loaded, replace the cleaning cartridge with a new one.
Ultrium 460, 460-FC, 960, 1840, and 3280 tape drives
The Ultrium tape drive is a high-performance streaming tape drive that uses Linear Tape-Open (LTO)
technology.
Figure 6 LTO tape drives (LTO5 shown)
.
• An Ultrium 460 or 460-FC tape drive is capable of storing up to 200 GB (native) of data per
cartridge, and has a sustained data transfer rate of up to 30 MBps (108 GBph) (native).
• An Ultrium 960 tape drive is capable of storing up to 400 GB (native) of data per cartridge, and
has a sustained data transfer rate of up to 80 MBps (native).
• An Ultrium 1840 tape drive is capable of storing up to 800 GB (native) of data per cartridge,
and has a sustained data transfer rate of up to 120 MBps (native).
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