1. Introduction
SONY AIT-2 Turbo drive SDX-560V series Ver.1.0
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50 Gbyte typical when using 230 meter tape AIT-2 cassette (SDX2-50C)
-130 Gbyte with 2.6:1 data compression ratio.
80 Gbyte typical when using 186 meter tape AIT-2 Turbo cassette (TAIT2-80N or TAIT2-80C)
-208 Gbyte with 2.6:1 data compression ratio.
• Sustained transfer rate-12Mbyte/sec when using AIT-E Turbo, AIT-1 Turbo, AIT-2, AIT-2 Turbo cassette.
• Sustained transfer rate-8Mbyte/sec when using AIT-1 cassette.
• Supported Format: AIT-E Turbo, AIT-1, AIT-1 Turbo, AIT-2 and AIT-2 Turbo.
• Not compatible with the DDS and EXABYTE format tapes
• Burst transfer rate
100 Mbyte/sec Ultra DMA (mode 5)
• Large 12 MB Buffer Memory
• 3.5” Standard Height, 5.25” Half Height
• ATA/ATAPI-6 Interface
• Supports Variable or Fixed record length
• Read After Write (RAW) On and Off capability
• Read Retry On and Off capability
• Frame rewrite function
• Three levels of Error Correction Code (ECC)
• High Speed search (120 times nominal Read/Write speed)
• Random read, Append write
• MIC Support (Automatic reliability and performance enhancement.)
• MIC Support (Read and write capability for MIC user data area.)
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Reference
Please refer to the following documents for additional information:
• Information Technology-AT Attachment with Packet Interface-6 (ATA/ATAPI-6) ANSI INCITS 361-2002
• ALDC-Adaptive Loss less Data Compression (ALDC) Algorithm;
ECMA-222, available through
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ECMA.
• 8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange-Helical Scan Recording-AIT-1 Format;
ECMA-246, available through ECMA.
• 8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange-Helical Scan Recording-AIT-1 with MIC
Format; ECMA-291, available through ECMA.
• 8 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Interchange-Helical Scan Recording-AIT-2 with MIC
Format; ECMA-292, available through ECMA.
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How to get ECMA-222, 246, 291, 292 Standard Document
You can get these ECMA Standard Document file from the following URL.
http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/standard.html
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ECMA (European Computer Manufacturers Association)