Chapter 1 Introduction; About The Ait Drive; Features - Sony StorStation AITe200-UL Operating Instructions Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

About the AIT Drive

Features

The AITe200-UL is an external AIT drive using data cartridges that conform
to the AIT-2 Turbo, AIT-2, AIT-1 Turbo, AIT-1, and AIT-E Turbo formats.
The AITe130V-UL is an external AIT-2 drive using data cartridges that
conform to the AIT-2 and AIT-1 formats.
The AITe100-UL is an external AIT drive using data cartridges that conform
to the AIT-1 Turbo, AIT-1, and AIT-E Turbo formats.
The AITe90V-UL is an external AIT drive using data cartridges that conform
to the AIT-1 format.
The AITe200-UL drive has the following features.
• Uses the Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) format AIT-2 Turbo, AIT-2,
AIT-1 Turbo, AIT-1, and AIT-E Turbo data cartridges. AIT-2 Turbo data
cartridges provide 80 GB of storage (no compression) on a 186-m tape.
AIT-2 data cartridges provide 50 GB of storage (no compression) on a
230-m tape. AIT-1 Turbo data cartridges provide 40 GB of storage (no
compression) on a 186-m tape. AIT-1 data cartridges provide 35 GB of
storage (no compression) on a 230-m tape. AIT-E Turbo data cartridges
provide 20 GB of storage (no compression) on a 98-m tape. The Read After
Write function and Third Level Error Correction Code ensure high data
reliability.
• The drive comes with a data compression function, providing a maximum
of 208 GB of storage on an AIT-2 Turbo data cartridge (186-m tape), 130
GB of storage on an AIT-2 data cartridge (230-m tape), 104 GB on an AIT-
1 Turbo data cartridge (186-m tape), 91 GB on an AIT-1 data cartridge
(230-m tape), and 52 GB on an AIT-E Turbo data cartridge (98-m tape).
The AITe130V-UL drive has the following features.
• Uses the Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) format AIT-2 and AIT-1 data
cartridges. AIT-2 data cartridges provide 50 GB of storage (no
compression) on a 230-m tape. AIT-1 data cartridges provide 35 GB of
storage (no compression) on a 230-m tape. The Read After Write function
and Third Level Error Correction Code ensure high data reliability.
• The drive comes with a data compression function, providing a maximum
of 130 GB of storage on an AIT-2 data cartridge (230-m tape) and 91 GB
on an AIT-1 data cartridge (230-m tape).
*1 Assuming a 2.6:1 hardware compression ratio.
The actual degree of compression during recording depends on the system environment and
the type of data.
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