Sony Ait-3 Is A Cost-efficient Backup Tape Media

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Nowadays the data administrators face tough regulatory requirements, and are expected to handle the growing backup needs with constrained resources. The SMB industry turns to AIT backup tape technology that provides unbeatable reliability and superior storage value. AIT tape continues to be the most reliable and compact solution for backing up and archiving data in small to medium IT environments. AIT technology has received high acclaim from IT managers across the globe for its superior robustness, greater cost efficiency and compactness.

Sony’s data storage devices provide long media life, higher capacity and exceptional compatibility to fulfill a broad variety of data protection needs. Sony engineered the leading-edge AIT format. Sony AIT-3 tape is the ultimate data storage solution for branch offices, mid-sized organizations, unattended backup environments, servers, small networks and enterprise applications. AIT tape technology features extraordinary recording density that has helped to deliver greater storage capacity in a small form factor. AIT-3 tape has the ability to preserve native 100 GB information. ...
... Sony AIT-3 cartridge is much more compact than other competing backup tapes. It is almost 37% the size of a rival half-inch tape cartridge. That means the customers of space-constrained IT environments can easily backup their increasing volumes of data within lesser shelf space.

Sony AIT3 drive delivers higher storage value with an impressive 12 Mbps native transfer rate. With the introduction of SCSI ultra 160 connectivity option, you can seamlessly connect the Sony AIT-3 drive into a wider range of computing systems and enjoy long term reliability. AIT technology clearly outshines with an enhanced 2.6:1 data compression. So the recording capacity and data transfer speed extends to 260GB and 31 MB/s respectively.

WORM functionality has been included in AIT 3 technology to help satisfy the regulatory compliance needs. Part numbers of Sony AIT3 tapes are SDX3-100C (rewritable cartridge) and SDX3-100W (WORM cartridge). Most powerful feature of Sony AIT3 drive is its full read-and-write compatibility with three AIT generations including AIT1, AIT2 and AIT3. This incredible feature extends the customers’ previous AIT investments and allows trouble-free upgrades.

Part numbers of backward compatible Sony AIT tapes are sdx2-50c (AIT2 50GB rewritable tape), SDX2-50W (AIT2 50GB WORM tape), SDX2-36C (AIT2 36GB tape), SDX1-35C (AIT1 35GB tape) and SDX1-25C (AIT1 25GB tape).

In order to ensure superior data integrity and consistent performance, Sony has incorporated an automated head cleaning system in AIT3 drive. This intelligent system also helps to reduce the tape deterioration, thus extending the working life of AIT3 cartridge to 30,000 full tape passes. The competing tape cartridges shed greater amount of debris, which ultimately increases the need for periodic cleanings. Robustness of Sony AIT3 tape’s base film is enhanced with a unique DLC (diamond like carbon) protective layer. It is almost 20 times stronger than iron-oxide that features in traditional backup tapes. The result is that the Sony AIT-3 backup tapes deliver far cleaner running and an exceptional 30-years media life.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets AIT-3 tape and Sony AIT-3 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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