Sony AIT-4 Backup Solution's Performance Compared With LTO 2 Tape Media Technology

Pressures of today's stringent government regulations, increased customer expectations, constrained data center space, greater risk of data loss and higher operational efficiency have all types of businesses and organizations clamoring for reliable and compact backup solutions. The storage-intensive SMBs call for the industry's most compact AIT (Advanced Intelligent Tape) technology, which was invented by the global backup media giant, Sony.

Sony's fourth generation AIT4 drives, AITi520S (internal) and AITe520S (external), are the smallest drives in their class that deliver the speed and exceptional reliability demanded by modern time-critical applications. AIT-4 solution offers low cost per GB, remarkable storage density and cost-saving backward compatibility. That is why the data administrators of financial organizations, SMBs and public organizations prefer Sony AIT-4 solution.

Sony SDX4-200C, AIT4 tape can seamlessly retain 200GB data. Native capacity of Sony AIT4 cartridge is equivalent to that of LTO2 tape. But AIT4 tape cartridge can hold more amounts of compressed data, which is 520 GB. This has been made possible by increasing the data compressing capability of AIT-4 drives to 2.6:1. Compressed storage capacity of LTO ultrium2 cartridge is 400 GB. Sony AIT-4 drives can efficiently backup 86.4 GB native data, thus satisfying the demands of enterprise class automation at the best price.

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