Data Storage Performance Gets Better With Sony Ait-4 Sdx-900v Tape Drives

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Financial institutions, business enterprises, government agencies and public organizations are producing terabytes of data each day. This data has to be protected from threats, because the organizations utilize this vital data to carry on with their business activities in an efficient manner.

AIT (advanced intelligent tape) format, developed by Sony, has gained success and popularity through its economical, reliable and long-term data protection solutions. Sony's ongoing innovations have ensured scalability and growth in AIT tape format. In AIT tape media technology, Sony has applied numerous advanced techniques. AIT format offers its customers superior scalability, which helps to handle the continuing growth of data storage demands.

Industry-leading AIT 4 tape technology is the culmination of engineering expertise and technological experience of Sony. SDX-900V series represents the fourth generation of AIT tape drives manufactured by Sony. These AIT-4 tape drives are designed to provide rock solid reliability, higher storage capacity and in-time availability of data. Sony SDX-900V drives provide excellent ...
... mechanical stability at native 24MB/s.

Small sized Sony AIT4 tapes offer higher media capacity and can pack 520GB data (compressed). The customers of high end network servers, financial industry, mid-range businesses, data centers, government agencies and departmental servers can count on the storage performance of AIT-4 technology.

Backward compatibility feature of AIT-4 SDX-900V drives assures peace of mind. Information preserved on the data tapes including AIT-3, AIT-2 and AIT-1 can be extracted by the AIT-4 SDX-900V drives with superior data integrity. AIT-3 tapes are also write-compatible. Therefore the users are provided with more flexibility and convenience.

WORM (write once read many) solution is offered by AIT4 technology. Sony SDX4200CWW is a WORM enabled tape. Data written on Sony SDX4200CWW AIT-4 tape can not be tampered or changed. Rewritable AIT-4 Sony tape is SDX4200WWW. AIT tapes developed by Sony are:

Sony AIT-1 backup tape (SDX1-35C, SDX1-25C)
Sony AIT-2 tape (SDX2-50C, SDX2-36C, SDX2-50W)
Sony AIT-3 backup tape (SDX3-100W, SDX3-100C)
Sony AIT-5 backup tape (SDX5-400C, SDX5-400W)

All Sony AIT data tapes are manufactured with the utilization of Sony's exclusive AME (Advanced Metal Evaporated) media formulation. AME formulation helps to elevate the bit density, robustness and smoothness of tape media. AME technology assures that ultra fine and uniform layer of magnetic coating is applied to the storage medium. For the production of AIT-4 tape cartridges, Sony has enhanced the features of AME to develop new AME-II media formulation. AME-II technology contributes to the remarkable media robustness and higher track density of AIT-4 tape cartridges. The ultra smooth tape reel of AIT4 tape optimizes the performance and stabilizes the tape movement during increased duty cycles.

It is essential that cleaning tape cartridge should be used in order to prolong the useful life of tape media and head. Sony AIT-4 cleaning cartridge (SDX4CLLWW) is engineered to clean and protect the tape drives from dust, pollutants and debris.

Sony AIT-4 drives allow easy integration and secure your investment through their extraordinary compatibility with industry-leading backup software and operating systems. Transfer speed of SDX-900V tape drives have been raised to 86.4 GB/hour to fulfill the needs of high demanding storage environments. Media access time of SDX-900V AIT-4 drives is faster as compared to other drives; therefore the users are provided rapid access to their desired stored files.

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets AIT4 Tape and Sony SDX4200CWW 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