Specifications

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For more information about tape cartridges, see Table 2-3.
Write-Protect
The tape cartridge has a write-protect switch (Figure 2-2) to prevent accidental
erasure of data. This switch can be set prior to or after inserting the tape
cartridge into the tape drive.
• To write protect a tape cartridge, move the switch to the left so that a small
rectangle is visible.
• To write enable a tape cartridge, move the switch to the right so that the
rectangle is not visible.
If the write-protect switch is changed while the tape cartridge is being written
to by the tape drive, the change does not take effect until the current write
operation completes.
Table 2-3 Tape Cartridge Specifications
Type Length
Native
Capacity
Compressed
Capacity
1
III 356m (1167 ft) 10 Gbytes 20 Gbytes
IIIxt 541m (1778 ft) 15 Gbytes 30 Gbytes
IV 541m (1778 ft) 35 Gbytes 70 Gbytes
1.Assumesatypical compressionratioof 2:1.Thecompressionratiowillvarydependingupon thetypeof
databeingcompressed.