Internal LTO tape drive becomes hot

Solution 1:

This is way too hot, there are always parts in any computer that would get too hot (CPU/GPU normally) but there's obviously an airflow problem with your server/'PC'. I'd get it unplugged as soon as you can and look to place it in something with appropriately cooled.

Edit - looking at their spec that particular drive isn't supposed to go over 40C/104F - so that's really not right at all.

Solution 2:

Tape drives are designed to be in server hardware with correct cooling and air flow setups. I would suggest you check the internal cooling arrangements especially in area of the tape drive and address this.

But I have just checked our tape drives and they are warm but these are in s a tape ibrary.