Sony SDX-1100V/R manual Introduction

1.Introduction

1040 Gbyte with 2.6:1 Data Compression

• Sustained transfer rate

16Mbyte/sec when using AIT-3 cassette

18Mbyte/sec when using AIT-3Ex cassette

24Mbyte/sec when using AIT-4 cassette and AIT-5 cassette

•Supported Format

AIT-3 (Read/Write)

AIT-3Ex (Read/Write)

AIT-4 (Read/Write)

AIT-5 (Read/Write)

•Not compatible with the DDS and EXABYTE format tapes

•Burst transfer rate

12Mbyte/sec Asynchronous

160Mbyte/sec Synchronous

•Large 96 MB Buffer Memory

•3.5” Standard Height, 5.25” Half Height

•Embedded SCSI interface (Ultra 160 LVD, Single-ended or Low Voltage differential)

•Supports Variable or Fixed record length

•Supports SCSI Disconnection/Arbitration

•Read After Write (RAW) On and Off capability

•Read Retry On and Off capability

•Frame rewrite function –AIT-3

•Fragment rewrite function – AIT-3Ex, AIT-4 and AIT-5

•Three levels of Error Correction Code (ECC) – AIT-3

•Two levels of Error Correction Code (ECC) – AIT-3Ex, AIT-4 and AIT-5

•High Speed search

•Random read, Append write

•MIC Support (Automatic reliability and performance enhancement.)

•MIC Support (Read and write capability for MIC user data area.)

•Remote-MIC Support

•Tape Alert

1-2 SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver. 1.0