IBM TS4300

Table 65 on page 218 gives the environment for operating, storing, and shipping LTO Ultrium Tape
Cartridges.
Table 65. Tape Cartridge Temperature and Humidity Specications
Mode Temperature
1
Relative Humidity (non-
condensing) Dew Point Temperature
Recommended
Environment
16°C - 25°C 20% - 50% 22°C
Allowable Environment 16°C - 32°C 20% - 80% 22°C
Local permanent tape
damage temperature
2
>52°C N/A N/A
Shipping 25°C - 49°C 5% - 80% 26°C
Notes:
1. Per the U932 LTO Tape Format Specication, this mode is known as Short Term Storage Temperature and
the temperature range is 16°C to 35°C.
2. Local tape temperature in excess of 52°C might cause permanent tape damage.
Disposing of tape cartridges
Current rules about the appropriate disposal of tape cartridges.
Under the current rules of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regulation 40CFR261, the LTO
Ultrium Tape Cartridge is classied as non-hazardous waste. As such, it might be disposed of in the same
way as normal ofce trash. These regulations are amended from time to time, and you must review them
at the time of disposal.
If your local, state, country (non-US), or regional regulations are more restrictive than EPA 40CFR261, you
must review them before you dispose of a cartridge. Contact your account representative for information
about the materials that are in the cartridge.
If a tape cartridge must be disposed of in a secure manner, you can erase the data on the cartridge with
a high-energy ac degausser (use a minimum of 4000 oersted peak eld over the entire space that the
cartridge occupies). The tape must make two passes through the eld at 90 degree orientation change
for each pass to achieve complete erasure. Some commercial degaussers have two magnetic eld regions
offset 90 degrees from each other to accomplish complete erasure in one pass for higher throughput.
Degaussing makes the cartridge unusable.
If you burn the cartridge and tape, ensure that the incineration complies with all applicable regulations.
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