The driving forces behind the increased backup storage demand are data retention legislations, competitive business environment and rush to E-business. IT managers want backup solutions that are faster, low cost, easy to use and shorten processing times. Sony developed AIT (Advanced Intelligent Tape) format to help medium & small businesses satisfy the rapidly growing backup needs in a cost effective manner. AIT tape format offers unmatched reliability and exceptional compactness, facilitating the IT managers to easily accommodate large volumes of data in lesser physical space.

Latest high-capacity version is AIT 5 tape, which can be successfully installed with a wider array of automated configurations. Enterprise class applications, entry level servers, midrange storage management, public organizations and small businesses are particularly suited to AIT5 technology. Reliably preserve up to 1040GB compressed data onto AIT5 cartridge. Greater media capacity of AIT5 backup cartridge reduces the number of tapes required by the organizations for high volume backups. Therefore, you can efficiently manage the tape resources with your slim I.T staff and enjoy both cost and functional benefits.

Small media cartridge and fast tape drive makes Sony AIT-5 tape a compelling tape media solution. Seamlessly integrate the internal and external Sony AIT5 drives into your complex IT environments. The Sony AIT 5 drives can tolerate increased workloads and deliver unmatched reliability under harsh working conditions. Compliance with the stringent government regulations can be ensured by utilizing the WORM functionality, which prevents accidental over-writings and inadvertent data erasures. WORM technology features in Sony SDX5-400W, AIT 5 cartridge. For rewriteable operations, Sony has developed SDX5-400C, AIT5 tape. So the customers are provided more choice and can cost-effectively overcome the tough business challenges.

Sony AIT5 drives provide additional benefit to the customers with their complete read/write compatibility with prior three AIT tape media versions. These AIT tapes include AIT-3EX, AIT3 and AIT-4 tape. Native speed of AIT5 drives accelerates to 24MB/second. For longer life expectancy and robust protection against pollutants, special “dust protective” bezels have been incorporated by Sony in its AIT-5 tape drives.

The result is that the drives deliver uninterrupted backup storage/retrieval performance under unfavorable working conditions and dusty office environments.

Sony AIT5 drives deliver an excellent compressing capability of 2.6 to 1. Good news is that the data compression functionality does not degrade the streaming performance.

So the customers can preserve more volume of business critical data and enjoy faster backup rate. With a superior MTBF of 400,000 hours, the Sony AIT5 drives have become the first choice for leading backup applications and data rich organizations.

Sony AIT 5 tape employs a smooth, uniform base film that helps to accelerate the read/record operations and sharply reduces the error rate. So the users can reliably backup and restore their precious corporate data over a longer time period. Therefore squeeze more amounts of business data onto compact AIT5 tapes and meet the data protection objectives at a reasonable cost.

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Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets AIT 5 tape 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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