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Due to rapid growth in internet and E-commerce, the business industry has become more instrumental.  The customers are now aware of the changing business trends.  This is where the importance of business data becomes more crucial.  Enterprises have to assure integrity and security of their financial, sales, accounting and other mission critical data.  AIT (advanced intelligent tape) technology makes your data storage faster, more secure and more cost efficient.  Its superior data protection features and improved scalability support your increasing backup demands as the business grows, and all at lowest cost per GB.

Media specifications, durability, performance and quality of HP’s data storage devices far exceed the industry standards.  HP AIT-2 internal drive, part number 157766-B21, is a smart backup solution for workgroup backups, small and medium businesses and remote offices where operational cost and capacity are critical.   HP AIT-2 drive offers 12MB/s compressed transfer speed.  The drive provides 2:1 data compression with exceptional reliability, and records up to 100 GB data on a single HP AIT-2 tape.  It offers backward read/record functionality with the AIT-1 storage tapes, which reliably secures the customers’ investment.  For extra protection and media longevity, HP Q1996A cleaning cartridge is the best choice that provides up to 70 cleans.

For enhanced performance and faster searching, the linear density has been increased to 167,000 BPI.  In addition to this, a new MIC chip is embedded in HP AIT tapes that assist the tape drives to carry out the read/write tasks with greater efficiency and accuracy.  MIC technology enables the HP AIT tapes to record vital cartridge information in MIC chip.  Introduction of MIC chip accelerates the searching speed of HP AIT-2 drive up to 120 inch/sec.  MIC chip enhances data reliability and elevates the performance.  

Industry leading AIT-2 and AIT-1 storage tapes are listed below:

HP AIT-2 tape
Q1998A

Sony AIT-2 tape 50GB
SDX2-50C

Sony AIT-2 tape 36GB
SDX2-36C

Sony AIT 1 tape 35GB
SDX1-35C

Sony AIT-1 tape 25GB
SDX1-25C

HP AIT-1 tape
Q1997A

SDX3-100C

HP AIT drives feature smart and innovative self-cleaning heads that help to prevent debris build-up and dust accumulation.  The base film of HP AIT2 tapes is highly robust and features ultra fine tape reel, which helps to significantly reduce error rate and increase output characteristics during heavy duty cycles.

HP AIT-2 technology can be confidently used with workstations and entry-level servers as well.  HP AIT-2 tape technology provides the luxury to mix and math AIT tapes and hard drive on the same controllers and adapters, including Alpha-Server Host Bus LVD Adapters, Integrated Smart Array Controller and 5300 Smart Array series.  HP AIT-2 internal drive performs excellently with HP’s TA1000 AIT Tape Array.

HP AIT-2 internal drive supports the following operating systems:

NetWare v4.12 & 5.0
Windows
Tru-64 UNIX 4.0f/5.0a
Open-VMS VMS 7.1-2 / 7.2-1

HP AIT-2 drives are built tough to assure low maintenance cost and superior performance under harsh working conditions.  HP has significantly reduced the tape tension of its AIT tapes which is almost 1/3rd less than other tape storage formats.  Therefore the customers can enjoy peace of mind with longer life cycles and unbeatable data precision.

About the Author

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets HP AIT-2 Tape and HP Q1998A Tape. 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.

Rob Miller
34972 Newark Blvd,# 501,Newark CA 94560
Tel: 888-491-4949
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: rob@tape4backup.com

Article Source: ComSofts

Valuable business information including accounting data, productivity application files, financial data, images, video/audio files and sales data is being added to the enterprise databases at astounding rates.  As a result, the data managers have to manage, store and retrieve larger data files and massive amounts of information.  According to the requirements of Securities & Exchange Commission and Sarbanes-Oxley regulations, the organizations must retain their financial documents and tax records for seven years. In addition to this, the other industry regulation including PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) and HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) also govern the data privacy.

Since December 2006, several modifications have been made to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.  These regulations have compelled the organizations to preserve their data for longer time durations.  The real challenge for the IT managers is manage, safeguard and preserve voluminous data volumes being generated today.

For years, LTO (linear tape open) technology has played a vital role in storing, retrieving and backing up huge volumes of mission critical data at a lowest cost.  LTO tape products enable the users to reliably preserve and safeguard their precious information.  LTO ultrium technology helps to meet the specifications of rigorous data retention laws in a cost effective manner.

Quantum’s newest LTO-5 tape products provide an economical solution for all these rigorous backup demands.  With storage capacity of 3 TB (compressed), the recently introduced Quantum LTO-5 tape features twice the media capacity of LTO4 tapes and almost four times the storage capacity of third generation LTO-3 tapes.  Quantum LTO5 drive and storage tapes are carefully engineered to provide enhanced security, low ownership cost, robust data protection and higher throughput that are required by the modern business enterprises.

Backward compatibility is the most compelling feature that secures your investments.  Backward compatibility of Quantum LTO5 drive includes previous 2 generations.  LTO-3 tapes are read-compatible while the read-write compatible tapes are LTO-5 and LTO-4.  The capability to store more volumes of information on fewer cartridges keeps costs down and helps to make the data management easier.  The massive capacity Quantum LTO-5 tape has the ability to accommodate higher volume backups.  So, fewer Quantum LTO5 tapes will be needed for your voluminous data amounts.

High quality LTO ultrium tape cartridges manufactured by Quantum are:

Quantum LTO 5 tape
MR-L5MQN-01

Quantum LTO 4 tape
MR-L4MQN-01

Quantum LTO 3 tape
MR-L3MQN-01

Quantum LTO 2 tape
MR-L2MQN-01

Quantum LTO 1 tape
MR-L1MQN-01

Naturally, when the volume of data increases, it will take more time to perform the archiving and backup operations.  This is where Quantum LTO-5 tape products are more advantageous as they support higher data throughputs.  Quantum LTO5 ultrium drives provide compressed data throughput rate of 280 Mbps, which is 120 Mbps faster than LTO3 and 40 Mbps faster than the LTO4 ultrium drives.

Tremendous transfer speed of Quantum LTO-5 drive enables the organizations to complete higher volume archiving and backup tasks faster, which is vital as the data volume increases.  New generation Quantum LTO5 backup devices offer the performance and storage capability to match the backup industry’s demanding challenges in a cost effective manner.

About the Author

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets LTO 5 Tape and Quantum LTO-5 Tape. 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.

Rob Miller
34972 Newark Blvd,# 501,Newark CA 94560
Tel: 888-491-4949
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: rob@tape4backup.com

Article Source: ComSofts

DDS tape format has set new standards in backup media industry.  DDS has a proven track record, and its scalable roadmap makes it the top choice of the data managers.  DDS tape storage technology is highly preferred for the small and mid-range businesses.  If you have a limited budget and are in search of an economical tape storage format that can deliver long term protection, then DDS is the ultimate tape solution which is robustly engineered to provide exceptional performance and smooth migration path.

Sony SDT-11000 is a precision-engineered DDS-4 tape drive that assures exceptional value in durability and reliability for the demanding I.T environments ranging from table top workstation to the mid-sized networks.  DDS-4 SDT-11000 drive is designed for more convenience, flexibility and low ownership cost.  On a single Sony DDS-4 tape the SDT-11000 drive will record 20GB / 40GB data at lowest cost per GB.  DDS-4 tape format is the most cost efficient solution for the data rich applications and space-constrained environments.

Sony DDS-4 drive features all the advantageous features of the prior version DDS drives, along with technological advancements to improve your storage value.  Good news is that all of your previous recorded information of DDS cartridges is now accessible because of the Sony SDT-11000 tape drive’s backward read-write functionality.  All of the previous three DDS versions are read & write compatible, thus providing you more flexibility and ensuring investment protection.

Architecture of Sony SDT-11000 drive has been redesigned to assure better flow of air.  Sony has devised a new SAFE (super air flow environment) design which directs the outflow of air to improve the cooling system.  Sony DDS4 drives features a highly reliable super head-cleaner technology that combines with the SAFE design to minimize the errors by preventing the accumulation of debris, which is a major factor that leads to read/write errors.  Sony DDS-4 tape technology provides unmatched reliability and robustness required by today’s IT environments.

DDS-4 tapes manufactured by leading media giants are listed below:

Sony DDS-4 backup tape
DGD-150P

Dell DDS4 data tape
09W083

Imation DDS 4 tape
40963

HP DDS4 tape
C5718A

TDK DDS-4 tape
27505

Quantum DDS4 tape
CDM40

Fuji DDS 4 tape
26047350

IBM DDS4 tape
59H4456

Maxell DDS4 tape
200028

With 40GB compressed capacity and 4.8 MB/s transfer rate, the Sony DDS4 is the optimal storage technology for the growing demands of UNIX and Windows NT platforms.  Sony DDS4 drive backups 17.28 GB information in one hour.  High capacity 10 MB data buffer enables the drive to compress quicker and stream faster to keep pace with the increasing backup demands.

The hyper metal head assures an amazing recording density of 122 KBPI, which results in higher output frequency, faster searching and increased storage performance. Increased recording density also helps to significantly improve the signal-to-noise ratio.  Superior data integrity and lower ownership cost are ensured with robust media storage technologies incorporated into the Sony DDS4 tape devices. The drive is built tough to provide astonishing MTBF of 250,000, thus providing the proven reliability, data security and unbeatable performance that the IT managers can count on.

About the Author

Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets DDS-4 Tape and Sony DDS-4 Tape. 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
3984 Washington Blvd #503 Fremont CA 94538
Tel: 888-686-8273
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: sales@backuptapes.net

Article Source: ComSofts

Public organizations, E-businesses, government agencies, financial organizations and SMBs are creating mountains of data.  The future of these organizations depends on the integrity & availability of this information.  LTO ultrium tape devices have proven to be the most intelligent and economical solution for the modern data rich applications.

A survey report was published by IDC (International Data Corporation) in 2008 with the title “The Diverse and Exploding Digital Universe”.  According to the findings of this report, by the year 2011, the volume of digital data is expected to increase by 10 times it was in 2006.  IDC is the world’s leading market researcher and analyst, which specializes in consumer technology, telecommunications and information technology.  Such enormous data volume will require higher capacity storage mediums that can assure faster backup and archival with greater integrity.

LTO consortium carefully focuses on the current and future demands of its customers and backup industry.  IBM, Quantum and HP are members of LTO consortium.  Therefore in order to better serve the needs of its clients, LTO consortium has decided to further extend the roadmap of LTO tape generations.  This is really great news for the users of LTO technology and those who are planning to adopt the industry leading LTO tape products.

Roadmap of LTO leads to the 8th generation with a clear vision for future storage demands.  Two new generations including LTO-7 and LTO-8 have been introduced to the roadmap of LTO roadmap.  The native capacity offering of LTO-8 and LTO-7 will be 12.8 TB and 6.4 TB respectively.

Data compression ratio of these new LTO tape generations has been enhanced from 2:1 to 2.5:1.  According to this rate, the LTO-8 ultrium cartridge will hold 32 TB compressed data and LTO-7 ultrium tape with 16 TB.  These are really massive storage capacities that will enable the organizations to handle the avalanche of enormous data volumes.

So far LTO consortium has released five LTO generations.  High performance LTO tape technology efficiently addresses the cost control objectives and allows you to accommodate huge data volumes within lesser space.  Few of the best selling LTO cartridges have been listed below:

Sony LTO 5 tape
LTX1500G

Sony LTO-1 ultrium tape
LTX100G

HP LTO 1 tape
C7971A

Sony LTO-2 tape
LTX200GWW

TDK LTO2 tape
D2405-LTO2

Maxell LTO3 tape
183900

Fuji LTO-3 tape
26230002

HP LTO-3 tape
C7973a

Dell LTO 4 tapes
341-4647, 341-4640

Sony LTO4 tape
LTX800G

Quantum LTO5 ultrium tape
MR-L5MQN-01

With each new LTO generation, the data transfer speed is anticipated to enhance by 50%.  The native transfer rate of LTO-7 tape will reach 315 MB/s and LTO-8 tape up to 472 MB/s.  LTO is a powerful and high performance tape storage technology, which efficiently addresses the data protection demands in server environments, SMBs, workgroups, data centers, remote offices and high demanding storage applications.

Highly reliable LTO tape products secure your investments and provide more advantageous features including multi-channel support, media interoperability, longer useful life, unmatched reliability, low power consumption, seamless migration path, data compression, and exceptional compatibility, media partitioning and superior scalability.

About the Author

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets LTO 5 Tape and Sony LTO 5 Tape. 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.

Rob Miller
34972 Newark Blvd,# 501,Newark CA 94560
Tel: 888-491-4949
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: rob@tape4backup.com

Article Source: ComSofts

HP leverages its technical excellence and IT expertise to deliver you the industry leading backup media tape devices.  Backup media solutions developed by HP far exceed the customer’s expectations.  LTO (linear tape open) technology has set new industry standards for compatibility, scalability and cost effectiveness.  LTO is the smart choice for modern backup applications and server environments.

HP ultrium-448 tape drives are based on LTO-2 tape generation. Customers of desktop workstations, remote offices, public organizations, and small and medium businesses can count on the long term storage capability, low ownership cost and unbeatable performance offered by the HP LTO-2 tape technology.

HP ultrium-448 drive is the most economical solution that offers the best mix of robust data protection, outstanding reliability and low ownership cost.  It features SAS & SCSI interfaces.  HP LTO2 backup tape delivers native capacity of 200 GB.   LTO-2 technology offers 2:1 data compression, which doubles the storage capacity to 400 GB. Increased capacity of HP LTO-2 data tape will help to create huge volume backups on fewer tape cartridges, thus leading to increased return on investment and reduced IT costs.  LTO2 and LTO1 tapes both are read and write compatible with ultrium-448 HP drives.

HP ultrium-448 drive compress the information at 2:1, this providing a 100% increase in performance and recording capacity.  Fast speed ultrium-448 tape drives can record half a terabyte of data in an average time of 2.5 hours.  HP LTO-2 drive achieves such fast transfer speed with the help of new exclusive “dynamic data rate matching” technology, which assists the tape drive to efficiently adjust its tape speed to match the host’s data throughput. Dynamic data rate features allows the drive to change its tape speed from 8 Mbps to 24 Mbps (native).

Few of the top brands of LTO-2 tapes are listed below:

HP ultrium LTO 2 tape
C7972A

Imation LTO 2 backup tapes
16598, 16599 and 16600

Sony LTO-2 tape
LTX200GWW

Verbatim LTO-2 tape
 94527

Quantum LTO2 tape
MR-L2MQN-01

Maxell LTO 2 ultrium
183850

Dell LTO 2 backup tape
340-8701

TDK LTO-2 tape
D2405-LTO2

IBM LTO-2 ultrium tapes
08L9870 and 19P5887

Multiple models for ultrium-448 drive are offered by HP including preconfigured 1U rack-mount drive, tabletop external drive and internal drive.  SAS based models of HP ultrium-488 tape drives provide direct connection to the SAS servers via SAS HBA (host bus adapter) or SAS controller. The HP LTO2 drive performs its operations at a compressed rate of 48 Mbps.

For reliable backup and restoration, HP has incorporated cutting-edge technologies in its LTO-2 drives.  These powerful features include OBDR (One Button Disaster Recovery), HP library and tape tools, and HP single server edition data protector software.  Combination of these robust data protection features with low operational cost make HP LTO-2 ultrium drive the most economical choice for mid-range servers. The customers enjoy peace of mind because the HP LTO-2 ultrium cartridges are built tough for incredible archival life of 30 years. Backup applications and software developed by Yosemite, CA, Tivoli, Legato, HP and other industry leading companies are supported by the ultrium-448 tape drive.

About the Author

Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets LTO-2 Tape and HP LTO-2 Tape. 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
3984 Washington Blvd #503 Fremont CA 94538
Tel: 888-686-8273
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: sales@backuptapes.net

Article Source: ComSofts

It is not easy being a data administrator these days.  Their job has become tougher, because the volume of data is growing at a blistering rate and they have to ensure its protection, availability and integrity.  As the demand for higher capacity storage medium grew, various new tape formats were developed to address the needs of data rich IT environments. Exabyte, a global leader in backup storage devices, introduced the advantageous VXA tape technology that is developed with scalability & reliability in mind.  World’s leading media manufacturing companies including Logitech, Compaq, IBM, Toshiba and Fujitsu support the VXA technology.

Exabyte is proud to introduce its highly robust VXA-2 tape drives that are available in external and internal models.  Storage capacity offered by VXA-2 tape is 80GB / 160GB.  VXA drive offers 2:1 data compression.  Exabyte VXA-2 drive assures improved reliability and seamless read/write operations at 6 MB/s native speed.  Exabyte VXA-2 drives are fully compatible with its predecessor VXA-1 tape media, which means that it can write and read the VXA-1 backup tapes.

In order to take full advantage of the high performance VXA tape format, an equally reliable and intelligent tape storage cartridge is required.  Exabyte has used the highly advanced AME (advanced metal evaporated) mechanism for developing the VXA tape cartridges.  AME technology has helped to improve the capacity and durability, which are required by the intelligent VXA-2 tape drives.  Exabyte VXA-2 backup tape delivers excellent storage performance in comparison to other tape cartridges.

Top brands of VXA-2 and VXA-1 tape cartridges are listed below:

Exabyte VXA-2 media tape
11100221

IBM VXA2 tape
24R2137

Exabyte VXA-1 backup tapes
11100206, 11100103, 11100200 and 11100100

IBM VXA 1 tape
24R2134 and 24R2136

Exabyte VXA cleaning cartridge (11100209) is equally compatible with all the versions of Exabyte VXA drives.  It delivers superior performance in all drives.  VSO “Variable speed operation” and “data packets” make VXA tape technology different and superior to other traditional tape media formats. The conventional tape technologies read and record the information in a continuous stream.  A slight difference between the transfer speed of host and receiver can degrade the data performance and ultimately lead to read/write errors.

In VXA technology, the long data streams are broken down into smaller data packets.  It is very much identical to the process your network breaks the data files into smaller packets and then transfers it over the internet.  Exabyte VXA-2 drive verifies each data packet which is recorded to the tape.  The intent is to assure superior data integrity.

Also unique to the VXA-2 backup tape drive is VSO variable speed operation. With the help of this unique VSO technology, the VXA drives can adjust their speed automatically to match the transfer speed of the host computer.  How cool is that? VSO technology allows the VXA tape drives to prevent the productivity reducing “back-hitching” problem that is common in streaming drives. Combination of VSO and data packet technologies assures unmatched reliability, excellent storage performance and absolute data integrity.  All these powerful prove that high performance VXA tape technology is clearly a winner.

About the Author

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets Exabyte VXA-2 tape and VXA-2 tape. 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.

Rob Miller
34972 Newark Blvd,# 501,Newark CA 94560
Tel: 888-491-4949
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: rob@tape4backup.com

Article Source: ComSofts

HP’s data storage products are trusted for their superior compatibility, low ownership cost, faster backup speed, exceptional scalability and higher media capacity.  HP has used its technical expertise in the development of ultra high speed LTO-3 ultrium-920 drive, which is based on 3rd generation of industry-leading LTO ultrium technology. This is an internal SCSI tape drive and its part number is EH841A.  HP manufactures LTO-3 tape cartridges and drives as well.  HP LTO3 drive offers outstanding read/write efficiency at 120 Mbps compressed speed.  At this fast speed you can record 432 GB data in an hour.

HP LTO-3 drive and backup tapes are the most economical and reliable choice for public organizations, SMBs, busy data centers, network servers, data mining,  workstations, audio/video archiving, modern backup applications and storage intensive environments.  HP LTO 3 tape cartridges are built tough to assist the users to safely archive and backup their mission critical data over long term duration of 30 years.

HP LTO-3 ultrium tapes deliver exceptional native capacity of 400GB.  The HP ultrium-920 drive family features multiple drive models that include external drive, rack mount 1U drive and internal drive.  These drive models come with SAS and SCSI interfaces.  Robust investment protection is assured by the HP LTO-3 drive because it has the ability to carry out read/record operation on LTO 2 ultrium cartridges.  The first generation LTO 1 tape cartridges are read-compatible.  

For business enterprises with rigorous, long term data storage demands, the HP LTO3 tape drive offers a secure, reliable and simple solution for data archiving.  This new features is the WORM (write once read many) functionality.  This useful technology assists the clients to satisfy the stringent industry compliance regulations.  Below are listed few of the industry leading LTO-3 tape brands:

HP LTO-3 ultrium tapes
C7973A, C7973W

Fuji LTO 3 media tapes
26230014, 26230010

Sony LTO3 tape
LTX400GWW

TDK LTO 3 data tape
D2406W-LTO3, D2406-LTO3

Imation LTO3 ultrium tapes
17535, 17960

Maxell LTO3 tapes
183900, 183950

HP LTO-3 media cartridges and drive saves the additional costs.  HP LTO-3 devices perform excellently with industry leading workstations and servers irrespective of whether they are HP or non-HP branded. Robustly designed HP LTO-3 tape products help to decrease the operational costs as fewer tapes will serve the purpose of accommodating higher data amounts.  Fewer tapes will ultimately lead to less handling, faster backups and superb data manageability.

To further elevate the backup performance and integrity, “dynamic data rate” system has been engineered by HP that assures seamless data transfer.  This technology allows the drive to match its tape speed with the throughput of computer furnishing the data. 2:1 compression ratio offered by the HP LTO-3 drive enables the business enterprises to scale their storage capacities without increasing the backup windows.

HP ultrium-920 LTO3 drive offers a new powerful and reliable OBDR (One Button Disaster Recovery) technology.  This feature has been designed to bounce back from disaster situations, thus assuring reliable restoring of entire system.  HP LTO-3 tape devices provide superior compatibility with the heterogeneous software and hardware platforms.  Therefore the users are provided with a robust and efficient tape medium that is ideal for all data intensive environments.

About the Author

Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets HP LTO 3 tape and HP C7973A Tape. 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
3984 Washington Blvd #503 Fremont CA 94538
Tel: 888-686-8273
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: sales@backuptapes.net

Article Source: ComSofts

Public organizations, businesses and financial institutions are producing vast amounts of data.  Availability, integrity and protection of this mission-critical data are very crucial for efficient business operations and organization’s success.  This is where the IT managers have to make careful decisions in selecting the best optimal backup storage technology that best fits their I.T environments. Reliability, compatibility and performance are three major attributes of every backup storage technology that are carefully inspected by the I.T managers. AIT (advanced intelligent tape) format delivers unbeatable reliability, outstanding compatibility and exceptional performance at an affordable price.  

Sony’s media storage devices have established new standards for affordability, media robustness, reliability and scalability.  AIT is a reliable and efficient format, which has been engineered by Sony.  AIT format has a proven record, and is the top choice for the small and mid-sized enterprises.  High performance AIT tape technology offers rock solid reliability and scalability backed by the Sony’s commitment to technological innovation, standardization and superior quality.  

Sony AIT-e1040SLE is a highly robust tape drive that represents the AIT format’s fifth version.  It is an external SCSI drive that delivers higher capacity up to 1040 GB in compressed mode.   Sony AIT-5 tape technology enables the customers to cost effectively optimize the backup storage performance in data centers, desktop workstations and demanding backup applications.  AIT backup tape technology is more advantageous than other media formats because AIT drives feature 2.6:1 data compression.  AIT5 drive attains data transfer rate of 24 Mbps (native).  SDX5-CL, Sony AIT-5 cleaning cartridge is best for the AIT5 tape drives.  Sony AIT-e1040SLE AIT-5 drive is read/write compatible with the below listed AIT tapes:

Sony AIT-5 tapes
SDX5-400W and SDX5-400C

Sony AIT-3 media tapes
SDX3-100C and SDX3-100W

Sony AIT-3EX tape
SDX3X150CWW

Sony AIT 4 backup tapes
SDX4200CWW tape, SDX4200WWW and SDX4-200C

Three new innovative technical mechanisms including AME-III (advance media evaporated), Magneto resistive (MR) heads and dynamic tracking have been incorporated in Sony AIT-5 tape drive and media.  These innovative features enable the AIT5 drive to deliver excellent results in automated tape libraries.  

Sony AIT-5 tape devices ensure greater value through their longer archival life.  The AIT5 tape cartridges perform excellently reaching up to 30,000 passes, while the tape drives feature head life of 50,000 hours.  For regulatory compliance and long term protection, WORM media has been introduced in AIT5 tape format.

Sony AIT-e1040SLE drive and the Sony SDX5-400W cartridge both support the WORM functionality.  On the other hand SDX5-400C is a rewritable AIT5 cartridge.  This provides more flexibility and you can select the AIT-5 media cartridge that best suits with your backup needs. You can prohibit the unintentional data over-writes, accidental file deletions and assure long-term compliance storage by using the WORM feature offered by AIT-5.

Increased media capacity of AIT-5 tape reduces handling, because the data administrators will have to work with fewer tapes, and still manage to accommodate their massive data amounts.  Backward compatibility and reduction in human interventions will ultimately save the costs and enhance the overall efficiency.  Dynamic tracking system strengthens the output frequency by automatically controlling the head position during read & write operations.  Sony AIT technology enables you to efficiently scale your I.T infrastructure to optimize the performance.

About the Author

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets Sony AIT 5 tape and SDX5-400W AIT-5 tape. 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.

Rob Miller
34972 Newark Blvd,# 501,Newark CA 94560
Tel: 888-491-4949
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: rob@tape4backup.com

Article Source: ComSofts

Storage demands of organizations have skyrocketed over the past decade, as terabytes of information is being added to the existing data each day.  You never know when your sensitive data might get affected from viruses, accidental deletions, data over-writing and hard/ware software mal-functions.  A reliable backup tape medium is necessary to overcome such problems.

DLT tape format has established itself as an industry leading technology for the small and mid-range backup & archive applications.  DLT backup tape technology has earned this position by offering unmatched reliability, increased media capacity, smooth migration path, low ownership cost and impressive scalability.  DLT technology is robustly engineered to better serve the needs and demands of data centers and data intensive backup applications.  It has been ensured that backward compatibility feature is available in each generation to secure the customers’ investments.

Native capacity offerings of DLT backup tapes range from 10 GB to 800 GB.  DLT tape is a robust long-term archival cartridge that features an incredible useful life of 30 years or more.  DLT data tapes provide superior resistance against humidity, debris, pollutants and extreme temperatures.

Performance and capacity of the DLT technology had to be further enhanced to enable it to meet the needs of high end network servers, larger financial databases, E-mail archiving, busy data centers, E-businesses and digital video/audio archiving. Therefore the features of DLT were enhanced and the next generation SDLT tape format was introduced into the market.  SDLT tape technology is intelligently developed to support wide range of environments ranging from entry level servers to the corporate level automated backup applications.  Minimum storage capacity offered by SDLT data tapes is 110GB, which extends up to 300 GB.

SDLT is a unique and innovative tape format that provides the advantageous features of magnetic tape and optical storage technologies.  This unique combination has been made possible by the LGMR (Laser Guided Magnetic Recording) mechanism.  LGMR has helped to increase the bit density of the tape media, thus allowing more data to be stored on same tape amount.  Increased bit density means that the data searching process will also become faster and more efficient.  SDLT 1 tape drive can access the DLT-4 tape cartridges while the SDLT-2 drive provides compatibility with SDLT-1 and DLT VS-1 data tapes.  DLT and SDLT tape cartridges are being manufactured by the leading companies including Sony, HP, Fuji, Quantum, Maxell, Imation, IBM and Dell.  Part numbers of major DLT and SDLT tapes have been listed below:

Maxell SDLT-2 tape
183715

Quantum SDLT-II tape
MR-S2MQN-01

Fuji SDLT 2 tape
26300201

Quantum SDLT-1 tape
MR-SAMCL-01

Sony SDLT 1 tape
SDLT1-320

Imation DLT-4 tape
16186

IBM DLT-IV tape
59H3040

Maxell DLT 4 tape
183270

You can be assured of investment protection, because the customers of DLT tape technology can easily upgrade their systems to the next DLT generation and even to the SDLT technology, and still have accessibility to the prior tape versions.  Users can be confident of unmatched performance by the DLT and SDLT technology, because it is backed up by the world’s major technology providing companies.

About the Author

Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets DLT Tape and SDLT Tape. 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
3984 Washington Blvd #503 Fremont CA 94538
Tel: 888-686-8273
Fax: 888-449-5050
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Explosive growth of data has staggered today’s computing environment. This rapid increase in data volume presents new challenges to the data managers, since protection of sensitive information is an absolute requirement. Creation of backup data enables the organizations to recover from dreadful events of data loss.

Advanced intelligent tape (AIT) format has a proven track record and is trusted by the data managers of small to mid-sized business enterprises.  AIT technology is more robust and cost effective, which addresses the current and future backup storage demands.

Sony AIT 1 tape technology is ideally designed for space and budget-constrained I.T environments.  Superior quality Sony AIT-1 tape drive and media are the outcome of Sony’s technical excellence and expertise.  Capacity of Sony AIT-1 in native mode ranges from 25 to 35 GB.  If you are looking for rock solid reliability, long term protection and low ownership cost, then Sony AIT-1 is indeed the ultimate tape storage technology that can fulfill your backup needs with superior data integrity.

Sony AIT1 drive, part # SDX-400C, delivers unprecedented performance and low cost backup solutions in all data rich applications.  The drive delivers increased compressed capacity of 91 GB and 35 GB native capacity.  Data compression in AIT tape drives is performed at 2.6:1. Outstanding read/write accuracy is ensured by the AIT-1 drive at 10.4 MB/s compressed data rate.  Sony AIT-1 drive offers ultra-160 SCSI LVD (Low Voltage Differential) and SE (Single Ended) interface.  Part numbers of AIT-1 media tapes are:

Sony 35GB AIT 1 tape
SDX1-35C

HP 35GB AIT-1 tape
Q1997A

Sony 25GB AIT-1 tape
SDX1-25C

AIT-1 drive is a smart choice for automated tape libraries.  You can easily integrate it into network servers and workgroups.  Sony has reduced the tape tension that results in improved data reliability, low error rate and extended head life.  Most impressive feature of Sony AIT-1 drive is its extraordinary head life of 50,000 hours.  On the other hand the Sony AIT-1 data tapes also feature astonishing useful life of 30,000 tape passes.

AIT tape format has set new industry standards.  Super head cleaner technology features in all generations of Sony AIT drives.  The core function of head cleaner technology is to automatically activate and clean the drive’s components after reaching a certain threshold for tape errors.  This also helps to reduce the human interventions and lesser use of cleaning cartridge.  Reduced periodic maintenance of Sony AIT-1 drive helps to lower the operational cost.  AIT cleaning cartridge designed by Sony for AIT-1 drive is “SDX1-CL”.  This AIT cleaning cartridge can be confidently used with all Sony AIT-2 and AIT-3 drives as well.

Fast searching and data access is vital in every data intensive environment.  That is why Sony has devised new MIC technology, which features in all AIT backup storage tapes.  MIC chip holds the data index, usage history and other information.  When you insert the cartridge in AIT drive, it extracts the MIC information.  MIC chip reduces the data searching and media load time to 27 seconds and 10 seconds respectively.  Increased buffer size of 10 MB and remarkable recording density of 116,000 bpi contribute to the improved data throughput during heavy duty cycles.

About the Author

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets Sony AIT 1 Tape and Sony SDX1-35C Tape. 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.

Rob Miller
34972 Newark Blvd,# 501,Newark CA 94560
Tel: 888-491-4949
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: rob@tape4backup.com

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