The Sony QGD225ME-2 is also a 225m tape and has a native capacity of 60 GB and a compressed capacity of 150 GB. So why should I bother telling you about it if it has all the same features as the Exabyte one? Well because I want too…

So other than the capacity and the transfer rate which is also the same (12 MB/s), it also has DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) coating and if I forgot to mention, like the Exabyte 00558, it also has SmartClean…which is basically a strip of cleaning tape at the beginning or end of the tape which the M2 tape drive will use when it detects the need…The Sony QGD225ME-2 8mm tape media which use MP (Metal Particle)…

Onwards to the last but not the least, especially for all nature lovers out there…