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SAIT External Drives
The
SAIT format introduces a tape-based data storage technology platform
that in its first generation will deliver the industry's highest
capacity tape drive, storing up to 500GB of uncompressed data on
a single-reel, half-inch tape cartridge and featuring a sustained
native transfer rate of up to 30MB per second uncompressed.
New SAIT Tape Drive
Industry's First 1TB backup Using a Single Tape Media Cartridge.
Extending the excellence of Sony's Advance Intelligent
Tape into enterprise environments, Sony announces SAIT backup
drives - AIT backup on larger, half inch (½") tape format.
Sony SAIT systems can potentially backup entire midsize servers.
Or with SAIT, use and handle fewer media cartridges to backup your
data center compared to other half tape formats. The super-large
capacity SAIT tape solution delivers very economical cost per gigabyte
backup.
- Fast transfer rate of 30MB/s (Native)
- SCSI and Fibre Channel connectivity
- 2U height size (W 8.27 x D 14.57 x H 3.39 inches)
- Industry leading tape storage capacity on a single cartridge
- 500GB native and 1.3TB compressed
- Proven AIT reliability
- Dust-proof front panel
- US Section 508 compliant
Specifications:
- Drive Type: 5.25" full height tape drive
- Media SAIT media: 600m AME, ½" wide tape, single reel cartridge,
R-MIC auxiliary memory
- Data Compression: Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (ALDC)
- Capacity: 500GB (native), 1.3TB (assuming 2.6:1 data compression)
- Interface: Ultra 160 Wide SCSI and Fibre Channel models
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