Dell PowerVault 160T LTO2 Dell LTO Media Handbook - Page 27

o Place the cartridge in polyethylene plastic wrap or bags to protect it from dust, moisture, and other contaminants. o Pack the cartridge snugly. Do not allow it to move around. o Double-box the cartridge (place it inside a box, then place that box inside the shipping box) and add padding between the two boxes 13.5 Cartridge Storage Conditions Provide Proper Acclimation and Environmental Conditions • Before you use a cartridge, let it acclimate to the normal operating environment for 24 hours. • Ensure that all surfaces of a cartridge are dry before inserting it. • Do not expose the cartridge to moisture or direct sunlight. • Always ship or store a cartridge in the vertical orientation and inside the jewel case. This will help to avoid tape edge damage. • Do not expose recorded or blank cartridges to stray magnetic fields (for example, terminals, motors, video equipment, X-ray equipment, or fields that exist near high-current cables or power supplies). Such exposure can cause the loss of recorded data or make the blank cartridge unusable. • Maintain the following environmental conditions outlined in the table below. Environmental Factor Temperature Environmental Specifications Operating Operational Storage 10 to 45 degrees C (50 to 113 degrees F) 16 to 32 degrees C (61 to 90 degrees F) Archival Storage 16 to 25 degrees C (61 to 77 degrees F) Shipping -23 to 49 degrees C (-9 to 120 degrees F) Relative humidity (non-condensing) 10 to 80% 20 to 80% 20 to 50% 5 to 80% Wet bulb temperature 26 degrees C (79 degrees F) 26 degrees C (79 degrees F) 26 degrees C 26 degrees C (79 degrees F) (79 degrees F) Table 7 Tape Environmental Specifications 13.6 Cartridge life  Durability - 1,000,000 passes on any area of tape, equates to over 20,000 end-to-end passes/260 full tape backups  Archival life - 30 years. Dell LTO Media Handbook Page 27