Tape Drives

Tape - AIT

The following applies in the table below:

Capacity:Typical tape capacity in Gbytes (2:1 compression)
Operating System Certified:Y - Direct integration, no operating system database changes
N - Will not work or needs device driver
M - Will work but requires operating system database changes
A - Will work but uses unorthadox methods for integration.

Manufacturer

Part Number

Capacity

OpenVMS

OSF/1

NT

SunOS

Solaris

Irix

AIX

HPUX

Seagate

STA1701W-S

50

Y

M

N

M

M

Y

Y

Y

Sony

SDX-300C

50

Y

M

N

M

M

Y

Y

Y

Sony

SDX-500C

130

Y

M

N

M

M

Y

Y

Y

Manufacturer

Seagate

Sony

Sony

Part number

STA1701W-S

SDX-300C

SDX-500C

Compatibility

AIT-1

AIT-1

AIT-1/2

Capacity (Gb)

70

70

130

Media rate (Mb/s)

6

6

12

SCSI rate (Mb/s)

20

20

20

Cache (kb)

4096

4096

8192

Number of Tracks

Helical

Helical

Helical

Compression

Yes

Yes

Yes

Narrow/single

YES

YES

YES

Wide/single

YES

YES

YES

Narrow/diff

YES

YES

YES

Wide/diff

YES

YES

YES

SCA-2

N/A

N/A

N/A

Wide/ultra/single

N/A

N/A

N/A

Wide/ultra/diff

N/A

N/A

N/A

Narrow/LVD

N/A

N/A

N/A

Wide/LVD

N/A

N/A

YES

Ultra SCA-2

N/A

N/A

N/A

Form factor

3.5" FH

3.5" FH

3.5" FH

Note:The Seagate AIT-2 drive will be available within 2 months.
There is a 4 cartridge mini library variant that fits into a 5.25" FH footprint.
MW Consultancy can supply media and cleaning tapes for the above tape drives.