Exabyte 480, 440 manual Selecting data cartridges, Tape drive model Compatible data cartridges

Chapter 4

Selecting data cartridges

Always use Exabyte media to achieve the best tape drive performance. Tape drives are tested to specifications using Exabyte media at the factory.

➤Important Because of media management and application software issues, Exabyte recommends that you do not mix AME and MP data cartridges in the same library. If you must mix AME and MP cartridges, contact your application software vendor.

CAUTION

Never use video-grade tape for data storage. Video-grade tape can be less accurate than data-grade tape and is more abrasive to tape drive recording heads.

The following table lists the data cartridges to use with the type of tape drive installed in your library.

Tape drive model	Compatible data cartridges
Exabyte Mammoth	Exatape Advanced Metal Evaporated (AME)
	Data Cartridges, in lengths of 22m and 170m.
	Exabyte Mammoth can read, but not write,
	MP data cartridges.
Eliant 820	Exatape 8mm Metal Particle (MP) Data
	Cartridges, in lengths of 15m, 54m, 112m, or
	160m XL.

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