Data-rich Business Enterprises Trust Sony Ait-5, Sdx5-400c Tape Solution For Data Backups

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Over the recent past, it has become very difficult for the IT managers to archive, manage, store and secure the vast amounts of data, which continues to grow rapidly. The biggest challenge is to efficiently manage the data within the limited data-center space and also the slim I.T budgets.

Sony, which has more than 50-year experience in data storage industry, developed the breakthrough AIT (Advanced Intelligent Tape) format to address the backup demands of storage-intensive SMBs. No other tape-based solution can match the speed, durability and especially the compactness of Sony AIT tape technology, which is its unique selling point. Sony AIT 5 media tape can store 400GB native / 1.04 TB compressed data. The Fifth generation Sony AIT5 tape is ideal for the high-performance demands of public organizations, entry level servers, large financial databases, midrange storage management and small IT environments.

The Sony AIT-5 drives feature “Ultra-160 SCSI LVD/SE” interface and most importantly, have been designed in external & internal models. AITi1040S represents the internal model, and AITe1040SBK is the ...
... external AIT5 drive. The wide portfolio of Sony AIT-5 drive family facilitates the IT managers to address their specific needs, and allows seamless connectivity to a majority of backup applications and busy data centers. Un-compressed data transfer speed achieved by Sony AIT 5 drives is 24MB/s.

Two models of AIT-5 media tape are available from Sony, SDX5-400C (rewritable tape) and SDX5-400W (WORM tape). The WORM technology helps to maintain superior data integrity by preventing modifications, over-writings and deletions. In short, you can safeguard your data against all types of human errors and unauthorized access. So the users can flexibly overcome their backup requirements at a superior value.

Cost per gigabyte of Sony AIT5 solution is much superior to other tape-based technologies in SMB industry. In order to provide smooth scalability and investment protection, the Sony AIT 5 drives have been designed to fully support the prior three AIT versions, which are AIT-3EX, AIT 4 tape and AIT 3 tape. You can seamlessly store and recover data from these AIT tapes as well with exceptional reliability.

Extremely robust Sony AIT 5 tapes can be transported off-site without any fear of damage. Furthermore, their compact size allows you to seamlessly store more quantity of tapes in lesser shelf space. The durable media coating minimizes the friction and ensures tape stability during heavy workloads. Thanks to new robust media formulation, the working life of Sony AIT5 media cartridges exceeds 30,000 tape passes. Therefore, the Sony AIT5 drives can perform the read/write operations without any interruption and de-gradation in overall performance.

The Sony AIT 5 drives deliver excellent performance in dusty and harsh environments, as they feature innovative “dust protective bezels”. This advantageous technology helps to achieve a staggering MTBF of 400,000 hours, which is much higher than the rival drives that deliver up to 250,000 hours.

Sony AIT5 is the best tape-based solution for your multi-functional computing systems and demanding IT environments.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets Sony AIT5 tape and 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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