× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.


  1.  Home
  2. MIDRANGE-L
  3. December 2012

Re: Can LTO ULTRIUM5 tapes be initialized to *ULTRIUM4 on an 8202-E4C POWER7?

You said "It contains the things like the cartridge type as well as the number of uses etc."

How can I access the number of uses? (LT03 & LT04)

(I was under the impression that I could find usage info in SST, but that it was reset when the tape was initialized.)

Sam

On 12/15/2012 11:08 AM, DrFranken wrote:

Commonly ignored is that there is a memory chip in each cartridge that
contains 4K (LTO1,2,3) or 8K (LTO4+) of memory which contains
information about the cartridge (cleaning cartridges included!) This
chip is read by RF which is why you don't see it or any connections to
it. It contains the things like the cartridge type as well as the
number of uses etc. The drive reads this chip as soon as it is
installed also preventing the LTO5 tape from being used as an LTO4.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...
Follow-Ups:
Replies:
Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.