> Macina, Conrad 
> 
> Maybe five years ago we asked our library vendor (Sun, or perhaps
> pre-Sun StorageTek) for tape recommendations. Naturally, they came back
> with, "Only our tapes are tested and recommended in our libraries." But
> their tapes were only rebranded from some other manufacturer and were
> more expensive than what we could get from our regular tape supplier. We
> tested the supplier's recommended tapes (I'm not sure what brand), and
> they worked fine. We've been using them without incident ever since.

FWIW, over the past 11 years or so we've used a variety of brands (Sony, 
Quantum, etc.) without any noticable differences or trends. Seems like if 
we're gonna have tape errors, we're gonna have them... if not, we don't. 
:-)

No idea if this is true, but several years ago I was told that at least at 
that point in time all the SDLT320 cartridges on the market were actually 
made by one manufacturer (Maxell, maybe?) regardless of branding.

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