AIT tape media format, engineered by Sony, is the top choice for storing & archiving massive amounts of business critical data. Sony has incorporated new breakthrough technologies and reliable media security features in AIT format, which makes it the most reliable backup solution for financial databases, small & mid-range businesses, government agencies and desktop workstations.
AIT5 tape is the latest version of the high-class AIT tape medium that provides higher storage capacity of 400 GB (un-compressed) in a smaller form factor. Today’s database and file management systems require fast media access. The data administrators trust the Sony AIT-5 tape format for fast data searching and high speed backups. AIT5 tape format ensures high degree of durability and unprecedented data reliability.
Sony has designed both internal & external AIT-5 drives. Good news is that these are the smallest tape drives in their class; therefore the customers can enjoy the benefits of greater data-center space, higher storage value and reduced operational costs. Additionally, the AIT-5 drives can also efficiently perform the write/read operations with AIT-4, AIT-3 & AIT-EX data tapes. Sony AIT-5 technology is more cost-efficient and far superior than rival tape formats, as you have the luxury to use multiple AIT generations with AIT-5 tape drive.
For greater media flexibility, Sony offers both re-writable and WORM enabled AIT-5 tapes. WORM (write once, read many) is a dependable technology that secures your sensitive information against accidental erasures and un-intentional over-writings. WORM mechanism ensures compliance with the stiff data retention laws. Part number of WORM and re-writable Sony AIT5 tape are SDX5-400W and SDX5-400C respectively. Competitors of AIT tape format are VXA tape, SLR-MLR tape, Travan tape, SDLT tape and LTO ultrium backup tape. Sony manufactures a wide range of backup tapes. I have mentioned below a few of Sony’s leading backup tapes:
Sony dlt iv tape, dlt 4 tape
DL4TK88
Sony Travan tr-4 tape
QTRNS8-A4
Sony lto 4, ultrium-4 backup tape
Ltx800g
Sony SDLT 1 tape
Sdlt1-320
Sony AIT5 tape drives have been carefully engineered to enable easy integration and provide unbeatable performance with the industry’s leading Dell, IBM, Fujitsu-Siemens and HP servers. Robust and smooth tape reel of AIT-5 cartridge sharply reduces head-clogging and tape deterioration, thus resulting in higher recording performance and rock solid reliability.
A special “dust protective bezel” has been incorporated in AIT-5 tape drives, which protects the drive components from dust particles and other airborne pollutants. That’s why the Sony AIT-5 tape drives deliver higher recording efficiency in harsh environmental conditions. Competing tape drives only offer MTBF (mean time between failures) of 250,000 hours, while the MTBF of Sony AIT-5 drive reaches up to 400,000 hours.
R-MIC (remote memory in cassette) is an innovative technology introduced in AIT-5 tape cartridge. R-MIC is basically a small memory chip, which stores critical information about the tape cartridge including search-map, usage history and file log. This information is utilized by the AIT-5 tape drive that helps to boost the backup performance and speed up the data searching process. Thanks to the R-MIC technology, the native transfer rate of Sony AIT5 drive has been enhanced to 24 MB/sec.
Sony AIT5 is really an intelligent tape solution that provides both cost & functional benefits with unbeatable data reliability. Product and software names mentioned throughout this article are trademarks and are sole property of their owners.
Author Resource:-
Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets AIT 5 Tape and DLT 4 Tape. He has vast experience in the marketing and trading industries and has been helping buyers who have the backup needs and guide clients about the technology.
Rob Miller
34972 Newark Blvd,# 501,Newark CA 94560
Tel: 888-491-4949
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: rob@tape4backup.com
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