Sony AIT I520/S

Description: Model ID AITI520/S / Sony AIT i520/S - Tape drive - AIT ( 200 GB / 520 GB ) - AIT-4 - SCSI LVD - internal / Sony Electronics is now shipping its fourth-generation Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT-4) drives and data media in volume through the reseller channel. Based on a compact ... more

Sony AIT I520/S ... 3.5-inch drive form factor using 8mm recording media, AIT-4 offers 200 GB of native storage capacity (520GB with 2.6: 1 compression) and a native data transfer rate of 24MB/second.

AIT-4 media features an areal density of 1.17Gb/inch2, which is greater than any other magnetic tape media in the world. This remarkable areal density was achieved through a new tape formulation process, dubbed Advanced Metal Evaporated II (AME II). With volume shipments of AIT-4, Alan Sund, marketing director for tape storage solutions in Sony Electronics' Component and Business Solutions Division said that Sony is the only tape storage company to ship a total of four generations of drives and media within the same format simultaneously.

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Technical Details for Sony AIT I520/S

Product Description	Sony AIT i520/S - tape drive - AIT - SCSI
Device Type	Tape drive - AIT
Recording Standard	AIT-4
Enclosure Type	Internal
Interface Type	SCSI LVD
Storage Removable	AIT
Storage Removable Capacity	200 GB (native) / 520 GB (compressed)
Supported Tape Cartridges (Read and Write)	AIT-4
Data Transfer Rate (native)	24 MBps ( 84.4 GBph )
Data Transfer Rate (compressed)	62.4 MBps ( 219 GBph )
Manufacturer Warranty	3 years warranty