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Appendix A. Specifications
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Sony AIT Specifications
Drive Specifications
The following table summarizes the specifications for Sony AIT drives.
Media Specifications
The table below lists the capacities of the different types of AIT tape cartridges.
Environmental Specifications
The table below lists the environmental specifications of AIT tape cartridges.
Parameter AIT-2 Specification
a
a. All specifications are subject to change without notice.
AIT-3 Specification
a
MTBF 300,000 hours @ 100% duty cycle 400,000 hours @ 100% duty cycle
Average file access time Less than 27 seconds Less than 27 seconds
Uncorrectable error rate Less than 1 x 10
-17
bits Less than 1 x 10
-17
bits
Sustained transfer rate
b
b. Compression thoughput and capacity depends on the type of data.
6 MB/sec native (15 MB/sec compressed) 12 MB/sec native (31 MB/sec compressed)
Burst transfer rate
c
c. The actual burst data transfer rate is limited by the performance of the SCSI host bus adapter, the SCSI bus interface controller, and
the buffer control hardware of the drive.
40 MB/sec Synchronous maximum 160 MB/sec Synchronous maximum
Tape Type Length Capacity
a
a. All specifications are subject to change without notice.
AIT-2 (SDX2-36C) 170 meters 36 GB native (94 GB compressed with ALDC)
AIT-2 (SDX2-50C) 230 meters 50 GB native (130 GB compressed with ALDC)
AIT-3 (SDX3-100C) 230 meters 100 GB native (260 GB compressed with ALDC)
Factor
a
a. All specifications are subject to change without notice.
Operating Environment
Operating temperature
b
b. The upper limit applies to the drive, not to the DAStape. Be sure there is adequate air flow around DAStape at all times.
+41°F to +104°F (+5°C to +40°C)
Operating humidity 20% to 80% non-condensing
Maximum wet bulb temperature +77°F (+25°C)