Sony Super Advanced Intelligent Tape™ Drives
Letter of Volatility
The chart below shows the corresponding memory types for the Sony S-AIT tape drives
listed. Please note, there are no remnants of customer data retained in the drive when both
(i) S-AIT tape media is removed and (ii) the power is turned off.
MODEL
MEMORY
SIZE
MEMORY
TYPE
VOLATILITY
USER
DATA*
SDZ-100
2 MB
FLASH
Non-Volatile
No
16 KB
EEPROM
Non-Volatile
No
512 KB
SRAM
Volatile
No
32 MB x2
SDRAM
Volatile
Yes
16 MB x2
SDRAM
Volatile
Yes
SDZ-130
2 MB
FLASH
Non-Volatile
No
16 KB
EEPROM
Non-Volatile
No
512 KB
SRAM
Volatile
No
32 MB x2
SDRAM
Volatile
Yes
16 MB
SDRAM
Volatile
Yes
1
MB
SRAM
Volatile
Yes
8
KB
EEPROM
Non-Volatile
No
Note:
Flash is used for firmware code upload and contains no user data. EEPROM is used to store
operational parameters and contains no user data.
* “User Data” utilized by “Memory Type”
