Advanced Intelligent Tape™ (AIT), developed by Sony, provides an entire line of tape drives from low-end to enterprise backup and archival. Advanced features improve reliability and efficiency, like Memory-In-Cassette, which drastically reduces file access time, and the Super Head Cleaner™ and AME media, which reduce the need for periodic cleaning.

AIT drives are easy to integrate, with a compact 3.5-inch form-factor, low power consumption, and a variety of interfaces, including ATAPI, SCSI, and SATA. In addition, AIT-2, AIT-2 Turbo, AIT-3 and AIT-4 drives incorporate Write-once, Read Many (WORM) functionality, providing safeguards against overwriting, erasure and alteration of data for enhanced security. Whether in government, financial, medical, or corporate IT, AIT provides an ideal solution for today’s mission-critical backup and archival environments.

• Ideal tape format ranging from DDS to enterprise solutions
• Up to 200GB native on a single 8mm cartridge
• High Performance – Up to 24MB/sec native transfer rate
• Compact form-factor, variety of interfaces, and low power consumption provide easy integration
• Memory-In-Cassette (MIC) for faster access to data
• Durable Advanced Metal Evaporated (AME) media for superior reliability
• Available with either a SCSI, ATAPI (IDE), or SATA interface for flexibility
• AIT-2, AIT-2 Turbo, AIT-3 and AIT-4 offer WORM functionality for enhanced data security
• Sony’s complete line of tape drives is RoHS compliant