Overview; Introduction; About Ait Drives - Sony SDX-800V Series User Manual

Overview

The SDX-1100V, SDX-900V, and SDX-800V series drives are high
capacity data storage devices using Advanced Intelligent tape (AIT)
technology. The SDX-1100V, SDX-900V, and SDX-800V series drives
achieve high data reliability through Read-After-Write, an additional level
of Error Correction Code, and other features.
The SDX-1100V, SDX-900V, and SDX-800V series drives store data on
tape using standard formats called AIT (Advanced Intelligent Tape) and
ALDC.

Introduction

About AIT Drives

The SDX-1100V Series AIT-5 Tape Drives are internal AIT drive units that
use data cartridges conforming to the AIT-5 format.
The SDX-900V Series AIT-4 Tape Drives are internal AIT drive units that
use data cartridges conforming to the AIT-4 format.
The SDX-800V Series AIT-3 Ex Tape Drives are internal AIT drive units
that use data cartridges conforming to the AIT-3 Ex format.
The SDX-1100V series drives support the AIT-5, AIT-4, AIT-3 Ex, and
AIT-3 formats.
The SDX-900V series drives support the AIT-4 and AIT-3 Ex format.
The SDX-800V series drives support the AIT-3 Ex, AIT-3, AIT-2 Turbo,
AIT-2 (Read only), AIT-1 Turbo (Read only), AIT-1 (Read only), and
AIT-E Turbo (Read only) formats.
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