From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Shannon Bach >For the first time in the 5yrs I've been doing TSM, someone has taken an interest in our designated 'offsite' site. They want to change the know if there are specific temperature and humidity requirements for the cartridges. I must admit to being totally clueless. Anyone out there know what the ideal temperature & humidity levels for a tape storage room would be?
72 degrees F (22 Celcius), 40% relative humidity, and a relatively dust-free/lint-free environment. There is a IBM technical doc on LTO media that discusses this, but I don't have a copy of it and am too tired to look right now. -- Mark Stapleton