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  Take advantage of innovations developed over 4 generations of AIT, with Sony's new high performance WORM enabled AIT-2 Turbo Tape Drive.  
   
OEM Tape: AIT-2 Turbo

High capacity, high performance
Sony AIT-2 Turbo tape drives deliver up to 80GB2 native in a compact, 8mm data cartridge. Best in class 12 MB/s sustained transfer rate performance.

High reliability
Sony AIT tape drives incorporate a head geometry designed to reduce head/tape pressure and delivering up to 50,000 hours of head life and an industry leading MTBF rating of 300,000 POH (100% duty cycle).3

Compact form factor
AIT drives offer high capacity in an extremely compact 3.5-inch form factor. With a compact size a fraction of the size of other high capacity tape drive formats, AIT drives are easy to integrate into desktop workstations, servers, and automated tape libraries.
 
 
Footnotes

Specifications and product development roadmap are subject to change without notice.

1. Assuming 2.6:1 compression using ALDC
2. GB means one billion bytes
3. Reliability and performance specifications are averages and are based on normal office environmental conditions. Actual experience may vary.

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