Intelligently Designed Sony Ait-5 Backup Tape Devices

By Author: Frank Miller
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Today's modern data rich IT environments need faster and higher capacity solutions, which can ensure long term preservation of critical business data within their limited budgets. The organizations require high performance storage mediums that are user-friendly, shorten the processing time, offer highest levels of data security and support automated systems. The role of tape storage technology has gone under significant transition from simple data security to more write-once archiving.

According to the survey conducted by IDC (international data corporation), during the first quarter of 2006 the revenue generated from the mid-range and small business market was many times greater than that of Enterprise market segment. This increased storage demand in the SMB segment influenced Sony to increase the capacity and recording performance of its next generation AIT-5 tape format.

Sony AIT-5 tape drives provide unmatched data accuracy and economical backup solutions for the data rich applications. AIT-5 is the most advanced and latest generation in AIT lineup. New Sony AIT-5 tape features 400GB capacity. Good news ...
... is that the data compression capability of AIT tapes is greater than the traditional drives. AIT tape drives reliably carry out the data compression process at 2.6:1, which means that the compressed storage capacity of AIT-5 cartridge reaches 1.04 TB. Backward read-write capability of Sony AIT-5 drive includes prior 2 generations AIT-4 and AIT-3.

For regulatory compliance, the most reliable and efficient WORM (write once read many) technology has been employed to the Sony AIT-5 products. The size of Sony AIT5 tape is approx. one third the size of other competing tape technologies of similar capacity, which makes it more space efficient. Sony has intelligently reduced the tape length by 40% and has increased its areal density to store more amounts of information. Increased bit density has helped to improve the signal-to-noise ratio.

Sony AIT-5 drives feature unique dynamic tracking read/write head that assure extremely precise data reading and recording in the narrow track paths. This also helps to boost the searching speed and provides exceptional tape stability. The best cleaning cartridge you can use with Sony AIT-5 drives is SDX5-CL AIT cleaning cartridge.

Sony has used AME-III media formulation that has significantly enhanced the smoothness and uniformity of AIT-5 tape's storage media. Smooth tape reel helps to lower the friction when it comes in contact with the head, thus extending its working life to 30,000 tape passes. You can reliably use the following AIT tapes with Sony AIT-5 drives:

Sony AIT5 tapes
SDX5-400W and SDX5-400C

Sony AIT 3 tapes
SDX3-100W and SDX3-100C

Sony AIT 4 tapes
SDX4200CWW and SDX4-200C

You can be assured of excellent performance by Sony AIT-5 tape devices in automated environments and branch office applications. Sony AIT-5 drives can performance the write operations at 175 to 260 GB/hr to match the host system's transfer speed without disturbing the streaming performance. Sony AIT-5 tape devices provide full support and interoperability with the leading operating systems, modern archival applications and backup software. Sony AIT-5 tape products are a superior value proposition for the small and mid-sized segment, and also to the small enterprise market through the automation extension.

Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets AIT-5 Tape and Sony AIT-5 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.

Frank Miller
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