Sony AIT (Advanced Intelligent Tape) format is intelligently engineered to stand apart
- no other tape cartridge features both an MIC chip (the brains) & a pure metal magnetic layer designed for maximum capacity & longevity (the brawn). You work hard to collect or create critical data & files. Why not let your storage system work hard for you? The MIC chip brain stores directory information so it can go right to the data you need. Other formats have to search for your file, wasting valuable time & needless wear. Application software from The AIT Forum members gives you even more advantages for intelligent storage solutions. Forget about slow tapes that wear out. Not only is the AIT magnetic layer pure metal (instead of a metallic oxide) but it's protected by patented technology on both the front & back. Sony's Diamond Like Carbon coating is 20 times harder than oxide, & so smooth that head wear & cleaning requirements are minimized. Sony's AIT cartridges will still be here, thanks to their 30-year archival life. If you plan on upgrades before then, Sony is committed to supporting future evolution of this powerful format. Don't trust your data to a dead-end format
- choose AIT. High storage capacity of up to 130GB compressed data (50GB native) 6MB/sec sustained native transfer rate using Helical Scan technology Proven reliability & durability with a 30 year media life thanks to AME technology (Advanced Metal Evaporated) Quick access provided by AIT's unique Memory-In-Cassette (MIC) incorporated into the cartridge Clear future Roadmap already committed up to AIT6 with a 800GB native capacity Available in Write-Once Read-Many (WORM) format to protect valuable data against accidental erasure & prevent alteration of archived data files Cleaning Tape: SDX1-CL