2. Getting to Know Your LaCie AIT Drive
What can your LaCie AIT U&I drive do?
• Archive your database.
• Backup proprietary information.
• Store company files.
2.1 Minimum System Requirements
Hardware requirements:
• Mac with a USB 1.1 interface or PC with USB 2.0 or 1.1 interface
Or:
• Mac or PC equipped with FireWire/IEEE 1394/iLink interface card (SBP-2 compatible) that support mass storage devices.
Important Note:
If you have a 4-pin connector on your FireWire interface card, you will need to purchase a
4-to-6 pin FireWire cable.
System Requirements:
• Mac OS 9.x and 10.x (Apple USB support 1.3.5 and greater; Apple FireWire support 2.3.3 and greater)
• Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows Me and Windows XP
• Intel Pentium II/350MHz-compatible processor or greater; minimum 64MB 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
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LaCie d2 U&I AIT Drive
