Andrea,

I believe that you would limit your tapes to 8 Gig of data if you choose
the 8500c option.

Andrea Bellinzaghi wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using, to archive data, an exabyte480 library with exabyte 8500 xl drives 
> which can store up to 14 Gb in each tape.
>
> When I configure the device class for the 8mm tapes what is the best setting 
> for the 'format' parameter???
>
> drive
>
> or
>
> 8500C
>
> thanks in advance
>
> Andrea Bellinzaghi

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