2. Getting to Know Your LaCie AIT Drive
What can your LaCie AIT drive do?
• Archive your database.
• Backup proprietary information.
• Store company files.
2.1 Minimum System Requirements
Hardware Requirements:
• Mac or PC equipped with SCSI card or built-in SCSI interface.
System Requirements:
• Mac OS 8.6, 9.x, and OS 10.x
• Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 98 Second Edition (SE),
Windows 2000, Windows Me and Windows XP
• Intel Pentium II/350MHz-compatible processor or greater; minimum 64MB
(128MB recommended) RAM
AIT Drive and Cartridge Compatibility
The following AIT cartridges are compatible with the LaCie AIT drives:
Model Name Magnetic Material Length Recording Capacity AIT1 Drive AIT2 Drive AIT3 Drive
SDX1-25C AME 170-meter 25/65GB* X X X
SDX1-35C AME 230-meter 35/91GB* X X X
SDX2-36C AME+ 170-meter 36/93GB* -- X X
SDX2-50C AME+ 230-meter 50/130GB* -- X X
SDX3-100C AME+ 230-meter 100/260GB* -- -- X
SDX1-CL AIT Cleaning Cartridge X X X
*Capacity is based on 1:2.6 compression ratio
Important Note: Compression is dependent upon the data that you are trying to compress. Most applications
already optimize file size by compressing the data as soon as it is saved, and therefore you will not be able to
compress the data any further.
Getting to Know Your LaCie AIT Drive
page 6
LaCie d2 SCSI AIT Drive