8 mm
wasn't bad. At about that time, we were heavily involved in
specifying tape for customers and we tended to rank things this way:
DLT > 8mm > 4mm DAT > Travan > QIC.
Interesting. That's about my assessment too, though I don't use tapes
all that much.
Personally I'd rate it a bit different.
DLT > 4mm DAT > QIC > 8mm
I don't remember ever dealing with Travan, though I think I have a couple
drives in the collection I've built at work.
Zane