Sony SDX-1100V/R User Manual

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1.Introduction 
 
1-2                                              SONY AIT-5 drive SDX-1100V series Ver. 1.0 
1040 Gbyte with 2.6:1 Data Compression   
• Sustained transfer rate   
16 Mbyte/sec when using AIT-3 cassette 
18 Mbyte/sec when using AIT-3Ex cassette 
24 Mbyte/sec when using AIT-4 cassette and AIT-5 cassette 
• Supported Format 
AIT-3 (Read/Write) 
AIT-3Ex (Read/Write) 
AIT-4 (Read/Write) 
AIT-5 (Read/Write) 
• Not compatible with the DDS and EXABYTE format tapes 
• Burst transfer rate 
12 Mbyte/sec Asynchronous 
160 Mbyte/sec Synchronous 
• Large 96 MB Buffer Memory 
• 3.5” Standard Height, 5.25” Half Height 
• Embedded SCSI interface (Ultra 160 LVD, Single-ended or Low Voltage differential) 
• Supports Variable or Fixed record length 
• Supports SCSI Disconnection/Arbitration 
• Read After Write (RAW) On and Off capability 
• Read Retry On and Off capability 
• Frame rewrite function –AIT-3 
• Fragment rewrite function – AIT-3Ex, AIT-4 and AIT-5 
• Three levels of Error Correction Code (ECC) – AIT-3 
• Two levels of Error Correction Code (ECC) – AIT-3Ex, AIT-4 and AIT-5 
• High Speed search   
• Random read, Append write 
• MIC Support (Automatic reliability and performance enhancement.) 
• MIC Support (Read and write capability for MIC user data area.) 
• Remote-MIC Support 
• Tape Alert