Mammoth-2 (1999 - 2001) | Museum of Obsolete Media (original) (raw)
Mammoth-2 (M2) was a development of the Mammoth data tape format, and was introduced by Exabyte in 1999.
Like the Mammoth format, Mammoth-2 was based on the Video8 shell and used helical-scanning on 8mm wide Advanced Metal Evaporated (AME) tape. Mammoth-2 introduced a new SmartClean feature which was a length of cleaning tape integrated into the cassette to enable the drive to be self-cleaning. Although the previous generation Mammoth tapes could be used, it was not recommended.
Mammoth-2 could hold up to 60 GB of uncompressed data on 225 metres of tape.
Mammoth-2 was aimed at the mid-range enterprise market, and was considered one of the best and fastest tape formats at the time.
In 2001, Exabyte merged with Ecrix, makers of VXA, and Exabyte moved away from Mammoth-2
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Dimensions: 95 mm × 62.5 mm × 15 mm
Capacity: 20 GB, 40 GB or 60 GB (native)