Chapter 2 Operation and Maintenance
Cleaning the Tape Drive Mechanism
12 Travan Portable USB Tape Drive User’s Guide
Table 3 Compatible
Tape Cartridges
Cleaning the Tape Drive Mechanism 2
We recommend periodic cleaning of the tape drive mechanism using an
approved dry-process Travan cleaning cartridge. Generally, the more
severe the operating conditions (the greater the amount of dust or
moisture in the air), the more often the drive should be cleaned. Be sure to
clean the drive immediately if you observe an increase in the number of
errors while running your backup software, or if a cleaning message is
displayed.
With the newer generation of Travan tape drive heads used in these
drives, only the dry-process cleaning-cartridge method is recommended.
This method does not involve any flammable materials and provides a
clean recording surface by wiping away debris as the cleaning material
passes across the recording head.
Tape Drive Compatible Formats Tape Capacity
Travan 20GB drive
Read/write:
Read only:
Travan 20 (TR-5)
QIC-3220
(all other tape formats
are incompatible)
20 Gbytes
20 Gbytes
Travan 40GB drive
Read/write:
Read only:
Travan 40
Travan 20 (TR-5)
(all other tape formats
are incompatible)
40 Gbytes
20 Gbytes
Note: Tape capacities listed in this table are based on 2:1 data
compression. Capacities, backup speeds and transfer rates will
vary with file type and system configuration.