subject: Superior Compatibility Of Sony Ait I1040s Ait-5 Tape Drive [print this page] Sony AIT5 tape drive, part number AIT i1040s, offers native capacity of 400 GB per cartridge. AIT-5 drive has a unique and robust architecture that ensures more user-friendly, economical and dependable storage solutions. AIT5 Sony tape drive provides unprecedented performance and impressive transfer speed of 24 MB/second. Sony AIT i1040s tape drive is excellent choice for demanding work environments and data centers. Sony AIT i1040s is an external tape drive engineered specifically for unparalleled data security. This AIT5 tape drive strengthens the data protection with the help of reliable WORM technology. AIT-5 Sony drives have set high class performance, reliability, data security and recording capacity standards. It supports SCSI LVD/SE interface.
Sony AIT-5, i1040s is more advantageous than other tape drives as it offers the cost saving backward compatibility feature. The drive is read/write compatible with high class AIT-4, AIT-3EX and AIT3 backup tapes.
Below mentioned AIT-3EX, AIT4 and AIT-3 tape cartridges are supported by the Sony AIT i1040s drive.
Sony AIT4 tape cartridges (part number SDX4200CWW, SDX4-200C and SDX4200WWW), Sony AIT-3EX backup tape (part number SDX3X150CWW), and Sony AIT-3 tape cartridges (part number SDX3-100C and SDX3-100W).
Sony AIT5 tape cartridges are SDX5-400C and SDX5-400W. The high capacity Sony drives compress the data at 2.6:1 ratio and assure high level of reliability. Compressed capacity delivered by Sony AIT5 drive is 1.04 TB. High performance AIT5 drives secure your investment. Three new innovative technologies have been employed to AIT i1040s AIT-5 drive by Sony, these new features are dynamic tracking system, AME-III media formulation and new magneto resistive (MR) heads.
For cleaning the AIT-5, i1040s drive Sony has developed the SDX5-CL cleaning cartridge. Sony has specifically manufactured this cleaning cartridge for the AIT5 tape drives. Sony AIT5 drives deliver unmatched performance in a highly compact and dependable 3.5inch tape form factor. Overall size of Sony AIT i1040s tape drive is relatively smaller than other tape drive formats offering equivalent capacity. Therefore this makes the Sony AIT-5 drive more space efficient. These tape drives consume less energy in comparison to other drives. Sony AIT i1040s drive can efficiently be integrated into servers, tape libraries, data centers and work-stations. AIT-5 tape drive performs its tasks perfectly and requires lesser human interventions.
Greater capacity of AIT-5, SDX5-400C, tape cartridges reduces handling as you can store the information on lesser data tapes. Fewer backup tapes mean lesser off-site storage and rotation thus resulting in reduced user interventions. All these factors save your operational costs. Backward compatibility of Sony AIT i1040s drive covers previous three AIT tape versions including AIT3 with part number SDX3-100C, AIT4 with part number SDX4200CWW and AIT-3EX with part number SDX3X150CWW media tape cartridges. This backward compatibility feature includes both writing & reading capability. Capacity of high class AIT-5 has been doubled over AIT-4 tape cartridge which can accommodate 200GB data. Highly economical Sony AIT5 enhances overall performance and saves costs. Sony AIT i1040s drive features faster searching mechanism and longer useful life. The unique MR heads assure stable tracking and decreased media wear.
