6 Use the correct media
For best performance we recommend Qauntum branded media.
Cartridges
Cleaning cartridges
The recommended cleaning cartridges is the Ultrium universal cleaning cartridge, MR-LUCQN-01.
This cleaning cartridge is designed to work with any LTO Ultrium drive. It may be used for up to 50
cleans.
NOTE: Do not use early, non-universal Ultrium cleaning cartridges.
Data cartridges
LTO Ultrium tape drives use Ultrium tape cartridges. These are single-reel cartridges that match your
drive's format and are optimized for high capacity, throughput and reliability. Compatible media can
be recognized by the Ultrium logo, which is the same as the logo on the front of your drive. Do not use
other format cartridges in your tape drive and do not use Ultrium cartridges in other format tape drives.
For optimum performance always use a data cartridge that matches the specification of your tape drive,
(see table below). A lower specification will have a lower transfer speed and may not support write
activities; a higher specification will not support read or write.
We recommend: LTO-6 Ultrium 6.25 TB RW and LTO-6 Ultrium 6.25 TB WORM cartridges for use
with LTO–6 tape drives.
Table 1 Data cartridge compatibility
Ultrium 6.25
TB** data
cartridge
Ultrium 3
TB* data
cartridge
Ultrium 1.6
TB* data
cartridge
Ultrium 800
GB* data
cartridge
Ultrium 400
GB* data
cartridge
Ultrium 200
GB* data
cartridge
LTO tape
drive model
read/write
and write
read/write and
write
read onlynot supportednot supportednot supportedLTO–6
once/read
many
once/read
many
** Capacity assumes 2.5:1 compression.
LTO Ultrium WORM data cartridges
The LTO–6 tape drive includes support for both re-writable and Write-Once, Read-Many, WORM,
data cartridges. WORM cartridges provide an enhanced level of data security against accidental or
malicious alteration of data on the tape cartridge. The WORM data cartridge can be appended to
maximize the full capacity of the tape cartridge, but the user will be unable to erase or overwrite data
on the cartridge. Any attempt to modify a WORM cartridge to enable writing over existing data will
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