9840/9940/T10000 - Can a WORM/Volsafe Tape be Used as a Regular Data Tape?

Asset ID:	1-71-1016843.1
Update Date:	2012-07-30
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Solution 1016843.1 : 9840/9940/T10000 - Can a WORM/Volsafe Tape be Used as a Regular Data Tape?

Applies to:

Sun StorageTek 9840B Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun StorageTek 9840 Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun StorageTek 9840D Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun StorageTek T10000B Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable and later
Sun StorageTek 9940 Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable and later
All Platforms
Checked for relevance on 27-July-2012.

Goal

Description
*VolSafe Cartridges * The original write once, read many (WORM) tape-based storage solution, Oracle/StorageTek[TM]'s VolSafe secure media can be configured to meet the most stringent storage regulatory requirements, such as:

- Sarbanes-Oxley Act2

- Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)

- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

- Department of Defense Disclaimers VolSafe- and WORM-enabled tape drives provide fast access and high performance with non-erasable, non-rewritable formats. Data can be written on or appended to a tape cartridge until it is full. This data can NOT be overwritten or erased without destroying the cartridge. Unlike many other alternatives, /all /Oracle/StorageTek T-Series tape drives are VolSafe-technology-capable allowing the customer to simply purchase the media, not a new drive.

VolSafe and WORM cartridges can often be identified by the color, for example:

- T10000 cartridges use the color yellow to identify VolSafe cartridge.

- 9840 cartridges use the color green.

- LTO3 technology uses two-tone cartridges to identify WORM cartridges.

- SDLT drives can convert /standard data cartridges /into WORM cartridges 2.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act introduced highly significant legislative changes to financial practice and corporate governance regulations.

Fix

Steps to Follow
The answer is no.

The WORM cartridge is different in that is has a different detent pattern on the cartridge case that denotes it as a WORM cartridge. It is the detent pattern (round "holes" in the cartridge case) that allows switches in the transport to identify a WORM cartridge, cleaning cartridge, etc. The customer cannot "fill in" these holes in the cartridges to change the cartridge from one mode to another. The data can not be overwritten or erased without destroying the cartridge.

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