AIT tape drives high capacity
Up to 400GB native capacity, AIT grows with your business offering full compatibility with previous models.
AIT tape drives low capacity
Up to 150GB native capacity, these drives are the ideal upgrade from DDS.
AIT Overview
AIT technology reflects Sony's 50 years of innovation and technical excellence in magnetic recording. AIT drives and media are characterized by 8mm media form-factor in a compact 3.5-inch drive mechanism featuring helical-scan recording, unique Memory-in-Cassette (MIC) architecture, advanced read/write head technology and the exclusive use of Advanced Metal Evaporated (AME) media. These characteristics result in high capacity and performance, outstanding reliability, fast data search and superior data protection through the use of Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) capability.
Since the AIT technology platform was announced in 1996, Sony has continuously enhanced the format, introducing multiple generations of AIT with applications spanning from the desktop to the enterprise. AIT enjoys broad customer support, with over 500,000 drives installed worldwide.
AIT WORM
Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) functionality is built-in to AIT-2 (SCSI model), AIT-2 Turbo, AIT-3, AIT-4 and AIT-5 drives. When used with specially-marked and encoded AIT WORM media, these dual-function drives allow for non-rewritable, non-erasable electronic data storage, in addition to their full support of rewritable media.
Once recorded, AIT WORM media cannot be re-written or re-formatted, but data can be appended. With the added WORM capabilities, AIT drives, along with WORM media, will reduce the incidence of accidental or intentional erasure of data, enable time and date authentication, and facilitate quick search and retrieval of archived files for a variety of organizations and reasons.
Note, specific application software is required to be able to use the AIT WORM capability as a complete customer solution. Please check with your AIT solutions provider regarding the availability of AIT WORM support.
AIT WORM products are designed to meet the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC's) regulatory safety, security and integrity requirements. Click the following links for white papers with more details:
- AIT-2 WORM SEC Compliance (154K PDF)
- AIT-3 WORM SEC Compliance (119K PDF)
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