Sun Microsystems SL8500 manual Important After 15,000 mounts, a tape drive accept the cartridge

Inspecting and Identifying a Cartridge

•Diagnostic

•Cleaning

There are two types of data cartridges (see FIGURE 5-3to identify these cartridges); standard (500 GB) and sport (120 GB). These cartridges are under warranty for 10,000 (ten-thousand) mounts.

Cleaning cartridges clean the tape path and read/write head up to 100 times, after which, the tape drive rejects the cartridge.

Important: After 15,000 mounts, a tape drive ￿ ￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿accept the cartridge.

The tape is under warranty for 200 full file writes to the media. The tape drive issues a warning message when that number is exceeded giving you time to transfer the data.

Note – The T10000 cartridge can be used only in a T10000 tape drive, and the T10000 tape drive accepts no other type of cartridge.

TABLE 5-3lists the specifications of the T10000 cartridge.

TABLE 5-3T10000 Cartridge Specifications

SpecificationsPerformance

Capacity, native		Read/Write speed
T10000A	500 GB	T10000A	2.0 to 4.95 m/s
Format		Search/Rewind speed	—
9. Number of tracks	10.768	Mechanical
Physical length	917 m (3,009 ft)
		Height	2.54 cm (1.00 in.)
Recordable length	855 m (2,805 ft)
		Width	10.9 cm (4.29 in.)
Form factor	Half-inch
		Length	12.5 cm (4.92 in.)
Formulation	Advanced metal
		Weight	264 g (9.31 oz)
Track-following servo	particle
		Drop strength	1.00 m (39.4 in.)
	Pre-recorded

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