I have been using SLR (Tandberg) for a couple of years without problem.

Working in difficult conditions (high humidity, lot of dust) I find
linear reccording (SLR, DLT) better than helicoidal reccording: less
density on the tape (more fault tolerant), much much simpler mechanic
(less moving parts that could tear off).

Olivier

> I'm looking into upgrading my tape hardware, and while a I know lots of
> sales types will give me lots of info, I was wondering what folks are
> using for amanda.