Squeeze More Data With Sony Ait-5 Backup Media Tape

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The data retention laws and government regulations are enforcing the companies to preserve their business documents and information over a defined time period. The companies also have to ensure that the integrity of their stored information is maintained throughout their storage life.

Economical and smart solution for your burgeoning data protection requirements is the AIT (advanced intelligent tape) media. This powerful technology has been invented by Sony. AIT tape solution has a solid history of satisfying the storage needs of branch offices, departmental servers, small & midrange businesses, and government agencies at lowest cost per GB.

Sony AIT-5 tape solution is more space efficient and is ideal for today’s automated environments, busy data centers and space-constrained enterprises.

AIT-5 tape cartridge is almost 66% percent smaller than the rival backup tapes. Even with such small physical size, the Sony AIT-5 can hold massive volume of data which reaches 400GB (uncompressed). Sony has made this possible by increasing the bit density of tape media, and the recording density of the ...
... AIT-5 tape drives. Track density of AIT-5 tape media is approx. 5.8 times greater than the competing storage tapes. AIT-5 tape cartridges are more compact and robust.

Combination of Sony’s innovative drive technology and superior AME media formulation have resulted in an industry leading recording density and exceptional reliability in a small form factor. Higher compression of 2.6:1 makes AIT tape format more superior and advantageous. In compressed form, the data storage capacity of AIT 5 cartridge boosts to 1.04 TB or 1040 GB.

Data integrity is obviously the top most priority of every business organization. That is why Sony has employed the WORM capability in AIT5 tape generation.

Alterations and deletion of data files is not allowed once it has been written onto a WORM enabled AIT-5 data tape. WORM is the best solution for common operator errors and malicious data access. Part numbers of Sony-branded AIT-5 cartridges are SDX5-400C (non-WORM cartridge) and SDX5-400W (WORM enabled cartridge).

Following tapes are competitors of AIT-5;

lto-2 ultrium tapes
08l9870, D2405-LTO2, 19p5887, c7972a, 183850 and 26220012

Travan TR-7 tape

DAT72 tapes
C8010A, 200200, 26046172, 17204, dgdat72

SLR-MLR tape
SLR5, SLR7, SLR100, SLR75, SLR140

HP AIT backup tapes
Q1998A, Q1997A and Q1999A

AIT-5 drives are designed to support multiple AIT versions including AIT-3EX, AIT-4, AIT3 and AIT-5 data tapes. All of these AIT backup tapes are read & record compatible. So your investment in AIT-5 technology will be secured due to this remarkable backward functionality.

Sony-branded SDX5-CL cleaning tape cartridge is ideally designed for AIT5 tape drives. This powerful AIT-5 cleaning cartridge provides up to 80 cleanings.

Sony has introduced new R-MIC (remote memory in cassette) technology which is more efficient and reliable than the traditional bar-code methods. Vital information including usage history and file index are stored in the internal R-MIC chip. It helps to elevate the performance in library environments and simplifies media management.

With Sony AIT-5, you can confident of unparalleled recording performance and longer archival life. So make a wise decision by choosing the cost-saving AIT5 technology, and start squeezing larger data amounts at an economical cost.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets AIT5 and SDX5-400C. 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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