New E-business applications, long term storage requirements and robust data security concerns are driving the demand for faster, compact and scalable backup media products. Today’s IT environments require reliable solutions that are user friendly, offer economical operations, run without human intervention and shorten processing times.

Sony has combined all of these compelling features in its AIT (advanced intelligent tape) technology, which is simply unrivaled in terms of compactness and performance. Sony invented AIT tape solution specifically for SMB market.

Sony AIT5 format better serves the rapidly-growing demands of mid-sized organizations, government agencies, time-critical applications, small businesses, departmental backups and remote offices. The major rivals of AIT-3 are DLT and LTO 3 tape formats. 400GB uncompressed data can be reliably and quickly backed up onto AIT5 media cartridge. AIT-5 tape format delivers superior functional & cost benefits than both of these rival tape technologies. Its remarkable 67% smaller physical size facilitates the customers to easily house them in significantly lesser shelf space, whereas the increased recording capacity reduces the number of tapes required for backup storage. So the organizations can handle the storage operations with their slim IT staff, thus further increasing the return on investment.

Increased data compression of 2.6:1 makes AIT3 a more cost-efficient and attractive option for budget-minded customers. Both LTO ultrium and DLT technologies deliver achieve up to 2:1 data compression. Efficiently preserve 1.04 TB compressed data and enjoy higher operational efficiency with AIT5 tape format. The backward read compatibility of LTO3 drive goes back two generations, whereas the AIT5 drive offers read and also the write compatibility with its previous two generations. So the AIT5 customers can seamlessly utilize their previous AIT4 and AIT3 tapes, and be confident of superior business value. The native of Sony AIT5 drives (external and internal models) accelerates to 24 MB per second.

As LTO3 is based on an open tape standard, the users can flexibly use any brand of LTO3 storage tape cartridge with the compliant LTO drive. Sony LTO3 cartridge’s part number is LTX400GWW, whereas the other major LTO3 brands are:

TDK LTO3 ultrium tape, D2406-LTO3

Dell LTO ultrium 3 tape, 0HC591

HP LTO ultrium 3 tape, C7973A

Imation LTO 3 media tape, 17532

IBM LTO ultrium 3 tape, 24R1922

With the AIT-5 format’s WORM mechanism, you can benefit from the long term security against common operating errors. So the data backed up onto AIT-5 WORM media tape cannot be modified or erased. As a result, the stiff mandates of government legislation can be cost-effectively met without compromising on overall storage efficiency. WORM mechanism features in AIT5, SDX5-400W cartridge. Data stored on SDX5-400C, AIT-5 tape can be easily re-written, modified and erased; in short it is a re-writable cartridge. Periodically use the Sony’s SDX5-CL cleaning cartridge, because it extends the working life of AIT5 drive and media, while ensuring superior data accuracy.

AIT5 tape solution’s small media size, increased data density and rock solid reliability provide an unmatched value proposition for the medium and small organizations.

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