Data Protection Manager - Protection Groups

Hi Everyone,
I want to reorganize my DPM 2010 configuration.
I have a tape library directly connected to a DPM 2010 server, wich contains 22 usable tapes. At the moment i have about 25 servers, devided in 5 Protection Groups. Tape co-location is enabled.
I figured that all selected data sources of all servers in all protection groups, fit on 1 tape. However, with co-location enabled, DPM sometimes fills up a previously used tape, before using a free or expired one.
Now my question;
Is it smart to put all the 25 servers in 1 single protection group and disable co-location?
In that way everyday only a single tape is used for all the backups. Also the weekly backups will only use 1 tape. It creates a nice overview for me. All servers can use the same schedule.
What is your opinion on this?

Think that it helps you
DPM 2012 - Backup Protection Group to Tape
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/32091d07-2e08-4859-9b68-92c7c4708a38/dpm-2012-tape-colocation-options-media-pools?forum=dpmtapebackuprecovery
https://blogs.technet.com/b/dpm/archive/2012/05/14/things-you-can-do-to-help-data-protection-manager-utilize-your-tapes-full-capacity.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff399230.aspx
Have a nice day !!!

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