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C5142A Overview
C5142A-HP DLT Cleaning Tapes are specifically designed for use with DLT (Digital Linear Tape) drives, providing essential cleaning and maintenance for optimal tape performance and reliability. As a cleaning tape cartridge, it is compatible with a range of DLT tape drives, ensuring consistent operation by removing debris and contaminants from the read/write heads, which is critical for enterprise backup, data center, and tape library environments.
This cleaning cartridge does not store user data, so native and compressed capacity, transfer speed, encryption, and WORM support are not applicable. Instead, its utility lies in prolonging drive life and maintaining data integrity in enterprise backup, long-term archiving, and compliance storage scenarios. The C5142A-HP DLT Cleaning Tape offers reliable performance for regular preventive maintenance and is an integral asset for organizations relying on DLT tape-based storage.
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C5142A Specifications
| Product Type | Cleaning Tape |
| Tape Format | DLT |
| Tape Generation | N/A |
| Cartridge Type | Cleaning |
| Use Case | Backup / Long-Term Archiving / Compliance Storage / Tape Libraries |
| Native Capacity | N/A |
| Compressed Capacity | N/A |
| Tape Length | N/A |
| Data Transfer Rate (Native) | N/A |
| Data Transfer Rate (Compressed) | N/A |
| Encryption Support | N/A |
| WORM Support | No |
| Media Type | N/A |
| Archival Life | Up to 30 Years |
| Read Compatibility | Compatible with DLT4000, DLT7000, DLT8000, and select DLT drives |
| Write Compatibility | N/A |
| Tape Color | White |
| Environment | Data Center / Offsite Backup / Cold Storage / Compliance Archiving |
| Compliance | N/A |
| Product Name | HP C5142A DLT Cleaning Cartridge |
| Height | 4.15 |
| Width | 4.15 |
| Depth | 1.02 |
| Weight | 0.42 |
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Product Comparison Table
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| Archival Life | Up to 30 Years | N/A | Up to 30 Years | Up to 30 Years | Up to 30 Years |
| Cartridge Type | Standard | Cleaning | Cleaning | Standard | Standard |
| Compliance | N/A | N/A | N/A | RoHS | RoHS |
| Compressed Capacity | 40 GB | N/A | N/A | 200 GB | 320 GB |
| Data Transfer Rate (Compressed) | N/A | N/A | N/A | Up to 40 MB/s | Up to 32 MB/s |
| Data Transfer Rate (Native) | N/A | N/A | N/A | Up to 20 MB/s | Up to 16 MB/s |
| Depth | 2.5 | 1 | 1.02 | 0.85 | 1.0 inches |
| Encryption Support | No | N/A | N/A | No | No |
| Environment | Data Center / Offsite Backup / Cold Storage / Compliance Archiving | Data Center | Data Center / Offsite Backup / Cold Storage / Compliance Archiving | Data Center / Offsite Backup / Cold Storage / Compliance Archiving | Data Center / Offsite Backup / Cold Storage / Compliance Archiving |
| Height | 0.4 | 4.2 | 4.15 | 4.02 | 4.4 inches |
| Media Type | Magnetic / Rewritable | N/A | N/A | Magnetic / Rewritable | Magnetic / Rewritable |
| Native Capacity | 20 GB | N/A | N/A | 100 GB | 160 GB |
| Product Name | Imation AME Mammoth-1 20/40GB Data Cartridge #41262 | Sony DL3CL DLT Cleaning Tape | HP C5142A DLT Cleaning Cartridge | D2404-100AX-TDK LTO1 (100GB/200GB) | 94120-T-Verbatim Super DLT1 (SDLT),160/320GB # 94120 |
| Product Type | Data Tape | Data Tape | Cleaning Tape | Data Tape | Data Tape |
| Read Compatibility | Exabyte Mammoth-1 drives | N/A | Compatible with DLT4000, DLT7000, DLT8000, and select DLT drives | LTO-1, LTO-2 drives | Super DLT1, Super DLT220, Super DLT600 drives |
| Tape Color | N/A | Black | White | Blue | Grey |
| Tape Format | AIT | DLT | DLT | LTO | SDLT |
| Tape Generation | N/A | N/A | N/A | LTO-1 | Super DLT1 |
| Tape Length | 170m | N/A | N/A | 609m | 563m |
| Use Case | Backup / Long-Term Archiving / Compliance Storage / Tape Libraries | Tape Libraries | Backup / Long-Term Archiving / Compliance Storage / Tape Libraries | Backup / Long-Term Archiving / Compliance Storage / Tape Libraries | Backup / Long-Term Archiving / Compliance Storage / Tape Libraries |
| Weight | 0.22 | 0.5 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.6 lbs |
| Width | 4.0 | 4.16 | 4.15 | 4.15 | 4.4 inches |
| WORM Support | No | No | No | No | No |
| Write Compatibility | Exabyte Mammoth-1 drives | N/A | N/A | LTO-1 drives only | Super DLT1 drives only |
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