AIT Tape Drives

Sunstar Company has sold thousands of Sony AIT tape drives, be it stand alone in an external case, installed in a computer or in a library. We offer re-conditioned units for single applications and tape libraries.

AIT-1
The AIT-1 format offered a data capacity rate of up to 25GB (up to 65GB compressed), and a 3MB/s data transfer rate. An extended length tape for the AIT-1 drive was introduced in 1999 to offer additional capacity of up to 35GB (up to 90GB compressed) and the data transfer rate was later increased to 4MB/s.

AIT-1 Turbo
AIT-1 Turbo drives offer a new data capacity rate of up to 40GB (up to 104GB compressed) and a 6MB/s data transfer rate. AIT-1 Turbo is available in a variety of interfaces, including SCSI, ATAPI, USB, FireWire, and SATA.

AIT-2
AIT-2 provides a capacity of up to 50GB (up to 130GB compressed) together with a 6MB/s data transfer rate and provides the Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) capability for selected applications and configurations.

AIT-2 Turbo
AIT-2 Turbo model doubles the native performance of AIT-2 (from 6MB/s to 12 MB/s), and increases native capacity an incredible 60% (from 50GB to up to 80 GB). AIT-2 Turbo also offers a number of unique features, including WORM. In addition, AIT-2 Turbo offers the ability to choose between media with the performance enhancing MIC chip, or lower cost media without the MIC chip.

AIT-3
AIT-3 offers a native capacity of up to 100GB (up to 260GB with compression) and a native data transfer rate of 12MB/s in a compact 3.5" form-factor. AIT-3 continues the AIT reputation of providing the best capacity and performance within a 3.5" form-factor. The AIT-3 also offers the Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) feature.

AIT-3Ex
AIT-3Ex provides up to 150GB native capacity (390GB compressed) and 18MB/s native data transfer rate. AIT-3Ex is another example of Sony improving on existing AIT formats. AIT-3Ex also offers the Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) feature.

AIT-4
AIT-4 offers a native capacity of up to 200GB (up to 520GB with compression), and a sustained data transfer rate of 24MB native (a synchronous burst transfer rate 160MB/s max). AIT-4 also offers the Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) feature.

AIT-5
AIT-5 offers up to 400GB of native capacity (up to 1.04TB compressed) on a single 8mm cartridge at a sustained data transfer rate of 24MB native. AIT-5 is backward compatible with AIT-3, AIT-3Ex, and AIT-4 media. AIT-5 also offers the Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) feature.

AIT-6
AIT-6 is in a research and advanced development stage necessary to prove key media and recording head technology implementation. In keeping with the overall AIT roadmap strategy, this drive is expected to offer up to 800GB of native capacity (up to 2.08TB compressed).

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