On Thu, 31 Oct 2002 22:55:32 -0700, Chad R. Larson <clarson AT ELDOCOMP DOT 
COM> wrote:

>If you carefully read the weasel words on the Ultrium web site, you can
>divine that the tape cartridge is fully specified.  You know, dimensions,
>tape characteristics, etc.  So you can buy a properly logo'd tape and use
>it in any manufacture's drives, no matter who made it.

This is the theory, but sadly the reality is that this is not true. Only
certain brands of tape will work reliably with Seagate LTO drives. Seek out
a recommendation from Seagate's website or from your jukebox vendor, and
stick to it no matter what. I have seen serious reliability problems with
certain tape brands. The same tapes were OK with IBM drives, and yes I could
interchange data between the two makes of drive.

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