I asked for recommendations on which brand of 8mm tape to buy, and
received about 25 replies.
The majority of people recommended Sony tapes, with several pointing
out that Exabyte-branded tapes are actually certified Sony tapes.
Other brands that were said to be good were:
BASF, Dysan, Fuji "DS", 3M, Maxell, and Carlisle.
A couple of people mentioned that the only officially supported tapes
are Exabyte and Sony Data Grade tapes.
I was also cautioned to use "Data Grade" tapes for anything other
than one shot backups, since the video grade tapes seem to be less
durable.
I also called Sony and 3M, and asked their tech support people
how many read or write passes I could expect from their products.
3M said 2000 passes, and Sony said 1000 passes. Both of these
numbers seem really high to me, and I doubt we'll ever use any
tapes this many times.
Based on the replies, I think Sony Data Grade tapes will be our
choice. They're a bit more expensive, but it seems like they're
worth it.
Thanks to all who replied.
-ken
Ken Erickson | ken.erickson@Sun.COM
SunSoft, Inc | Voice: (415)336-3123
2550 Garcia Avenue, M/S MTV05-44 | Fax: (415)336-6015
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