Editing Data8 (section)

== Generations ==
''NOTE: The [[Advanced Intelligent Tape|AIT]] and [[VXA]] formats and some other less common formats also use 8&nbsp;mm wide tape, but are completely incompatible.''

=== Compatibility between tapes and drives and native capacities (GB) ===
{| class="wikitable" style="float:center; margin-left: 1em;" 
| 
! colspan="4" | MP 
! colspan="4" | AME
! colspan="3" | AME w/ SmartClean
|-
|  
! 15 m !! 54 m !! 112 m !! 160 m !! 22 m !! 45 m !! 125 m !! 170 m !! 75 m !! 150 m !! 225 m
|-
! EXB-8200
| 0.3 || 1.2 || 2.4 || || || || || || || ||
|-
! EXB-8205
| 0.3 || 1.2 || 2.4 || || || || || || || ||
|-
! EXB-8205 XL
| 0.3 || 1.2 || 2.4 || 3.5 || || || || || || ||
|-
! EXB-8500
| 0.6 || 2.4 || 5 || || || || || || || ||
|-
! EXB-8505
| 0.6 || 2.4 || 5 || || || || || || || ||
|-
! EXB-8505 XL
| 0.6 || 2.4 || 5 || 7 || || || || || || ||
|-
! EXB-8700
| 0.6 || 2.4 || 5 || 7 || || || || || || ||
|-
! Eliant 820
| 0.6 || 2.5 || 5 || 7 || || || || || || ||
|-
! Mammoth (EXB-8900)
| RO || RO || RO || RO || 2.5 || Y || 14 || 20 || || ||
|-
! Mammoth-LT
| RO || RO || RO || RO || 2.5 || Y || 14 || || || ||
|-
! Mammoth-2
| || || || || 6 || 12 || 33 || 45 || 20 || 40 || 60
|-
|}

Legend:
* RO - The tape drive can read this tape, but not write. (Read Only)
* Y - The tape drive can read and write this tape, but its size is not known.
* Numbered entries indicate the native storage capacity (in GB) for this combination of tape and drive.

=== Exabyte 8&nbsp;mm ===
These drives use [[metal particle]] (MP) tape.

[[File:Exabyte-8200 backup tape drive for the Data8 (or D-Eight, D8) system with SCSI interface, c. 1990.jpg|thumb|EXB-8200]]

* 1987—EXB-8200
** Full-height form factor
** 246&nbsp;kB/s data transfer rate
** EXB-8200SX model features high-speed search
** EXB-8205: Up to 5.0&nbsp;GB on one 112&nbsp;m data cartridge (assuming 2:1 compression ratio)
** EXB-8205XL: Up to 7.0&nbsp;GB on one 160&nbsp;m data cartridge (assuming 2:1 compression ratio)
* 1990—EXB-8500
** Full-height form factor
** 500&nbsp;kB/s data transfer rate
** EXB-8500c model features hardware data compression
* 1992—EXB-8505
** Half-height form factor
** 500&nbsp;kB/s data transfer rate (uncompressed) / 1.0&nbsp;MB/s data transfer rate (assuming a 2:1 compression ratio)
** Up to 10.0&nbsp;GB on one 112&nbsp;m data cartridge (assuming 2:1 compression ratio)
* 1994—EXB-8505XL
** Half-height form factor
** 500&nbsp;kB/s data transfer rate (uncompressed) / 1.0&nbsp;MB/s data transfer rate (assuming a 2:1 compression ratio)
** Up to 14.0&nbsp;GB on one 160&nbsp;m XL data cartridge (assuming 2:1 compression ratio)
* 1995—EXB-8700
** Tabletop (top-loading) form factor
** 8700 model included generic backup software
** 8700LT model included no software
** 8700SW included Cheyenne backup software
* 1998—Eliant 820
** Half-height form factor

=== Mammoth ===
[[File: EXATAPE 170m AME 8mm Data Cartridge.jpg|thumb|Exabyte AME tape]]

These drives use Advanced Metal Evaporated (AME) tape, but could also read (but not write) MP tapes.

* 1996—EXB-8900 Mammoth
** 3&nbsp;MB/s data transfer rate
** LCD on drive displayed drive status
* 1999—Mammoth-LT
** No LCD

=== Mammoth-2 (M2)===
These drives used Advanced Metal Evaporated (AME) tape with a 2&nbsp;m integrated cleaning tape header called ''Smart Clean''.
* 1999—Mammoth-2
** 12&nbsp;MB/s data transfer rate
** 4.6&nbsp;cm/s tape speed during normal read/write operations
** 1.6&nbsp;m/s tape speed during search and rewind operations
** 17&nbsp;s load time, from insertion to ready
** ALDC hardware data compression, 1&nbsp;kB compression buffer