The differences in media AND cleaning cartridges are huge!
People who spec 3m/Imation or HP branded media AND
cleaners have very few failed backups. Stick with the
125m DDS3 carts for that 4mm DDS3 drive. Folks that run
the cleaning cycle at least daily have almost zero failures.
Ignore any myths that you can wear out the head by cleaning
to often.

                         Bob J. -- Ideal Computer Services
                         http://www.icsgroup.com


John Korb wrote:
>
> In the coming weeks we will be receiving a new A500-140 system with a
> C6364A DDS3 DAT drive.  Does anyone have any preferences as to what DDS3
> media they think is the best (most reliable - price is not a concern,
> reliability is)?  If so, please pass along the brand and part number of the
> tape you believe to be the best.
>
> Thanks!
>
> John
> PS.  The DDS3 drive will be used for SLT tapes, stores of the directory,
> occasionally trading tapes with other systems, and for backups during the
> first 6 weeks we have the system (after that the corporate data center
> types take over doing backups via 100bT network adapter)
>
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