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USAGE INHIBITION STANDARD
If a data cartridge that you are using is in the case below, you must replace it.
When the data cartridge is given a strong shock, for example, when falling, and
damaged.
When the recording surface is contaminated with liquid, such as soft drink, coffee
and tea, detergent, metal chips or cigarette ash.
If you insert a data cartridge in such a condition into the Built-in LTO, the read/write
head or the drive itself may be damaged or contaminated, causing a machine failure.
Also, if you insert a new data cartridge into the Built-in LTO whose head is
contaminated or scratched and you do not know about it, the data cartridge may be
contaminated or damaged. In this way, damage is expanding.
SERVICE LIFE
The data cartridge is getting wear and tear by reading and writing. To continuously use the
wasted tape, it may become not only a cause of error but also the data damage written
in the tape. To avoid the above situation, you should change the date it it is used for a
long time.
Estimated life
Frequency
260 times
Two years under the typical office
environment
Usage life
Five years under the environmental
controlled machine room
Storage life
Five years
Above estimation may be shortened by the operating environment conditions
(temperature, humidity, dust, etc.)
It is recommended to do the followings to manage the service life of the data cartridge.
Assign a management number to a new data cartridge. Enter the number in the
data cartridge label.
Create the data cartridge management book. Record the date when each data
cartridge is used and estimate how many years a d how often each cartridge is
used.
Examine the data cartridge management book and index label regularly. Discard
the cartridges having low reliability, such as long usage cartridge and/or the
cartridge with frequent write/read errors.
The tape magnetic layer is composed of the chemicals and it becomes deteriorated as the
time elapses.
