Industry Leading Sony Ait-2 Tape Drive

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Massive growth in E-business operations and internet has triggered the organizations’ backup demands. The previous analogue files for motion pictures, images and sound are also being converted to digital formats that further contribute to the increased data amounts. In addition to the growing flood of E-mails, the organizations are continually producing more volumes of operational information as well.

Advanced intelligent tape (AIT) format is the ultimate solution which has the capacity, advanced technology and reliable data protection capabilities to address the growing storage needs.

Sony has leveraged its engineering expertise and technical experience to develop SDX-500C/BM AIT-2 tape drive. This industry leading AIT-2 drive records 50GB un-compressed information on Sony AIT-2 tape at 6 Mbps. Thanks to its 2.6:1 data compression functionality, the media capacity of Sony AIT-2 cartridge significantly increases to 130 GB.

Sony SDX-500C/BM achieves a mind-blowing linear density of 167,000 bpi with the help of its efficient helical scan recording technology. That’s why the small sized Sony AIT2 ...
... tapes offer you greater media capacity at a low cost. SDX1-CL cleaning cartridge, manufactured by Sony, should be used periodically to protect the AIT-2 drive from pollutants, debris and dust particles.

When you are upgrading your backup system, the enterprises want to make sure that their investments are protected. In addition to this, you won’t want to lose their previously stored data. So you don’t have to worry because the SDX-500C/BM drive provides full backward read-write compatibility not only with AIT-2 tapes but also with AIT-1 tapes as well.

In-time data availability is vital in mission-critical environments. So your back system should have the ability to perform faster searching. You can enjoy peace of mind because Sony AIT-2 drive performs faster searching than other tape technologies. Faster searching has been made possible by the incorporation of MIC chip in AIT tapes. It is a 64 kb programmable memory chip. As the AIT cartridge is inserted into the drive, it first reads the MIC chip. This helps the tape drive to deliver faster searching (27 to 37 seconds) and media loading (less than 10 sec).

Best selling AIT-2 and AIT-1 tapes are:

Sony AIT-2 WORM tape
SDX2-50W

Sony AIT-2 50GB tape
SDX2-50C and SDX2-36C

Sony AIT-1 tapes
SDX1-25C and SDX1-35C

HP AIT-1 tape
Q1997A

HP AIT-2 tape
Q1998A

In comparison to other competing tape drives, the Sony AIT-2 drive features smaller size that assists the data administrators to confidently install it in automated systems, workgroups and servers.

Debris and contaminants can affect the performance and increase error rate. Sony’s exclusive head cleaner system protects the drive components and prohibits debris accumulation. Increased tape tension is another factor which disturbs the read-write accuracy and degrades the performance. Sony AIT-2 backup tapes feature significantly reduced tape tension. This helps to lower the head/tape pressure and will ultimately reduce the friction as well. That is why the Sony SDX-500C/BM drive offers a remarkable head life of 50,000 hours.

Sony AIT2 tape devices have set new industry standards, and are the top choice of the data managers and IT professionals.

Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets AIT2 tape and SDX2-50W. 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
3984 Washington Blvd #503 Fremont CA 94538
Tel: 888-686-8273
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: sales@backuptapes.net