Sony Offers Vision for Enterprise Tape Future

With the release of the 3rd generation American Institute in Taiwan governing products, Sony Electronics open and said it would stop development of its DDS line, and tape about the future tape products.

Sony released the American Institute in Taiwan - 3 tape line today, it marks the third time iteration of the midrange tape line.

The American Institute in Taiwan with 8 mm shell and spiral scan mode Storage Backup information. The new drives support tape storage up to 100 GB of data, flattened transfer rate of 12 MB / sec. The previous generation, the American Institute in Taiwan - 2 storage 60 GB of a 6 MB / s transfer rate. American Institute in Taiwan - 3 drives can read the American Institute in Taiwan - 2 tapes.

The American Institute in Taiwan competitors include quantum superdlt companies, from the LTO Ultrium variety of vendors, and the massive exabyte 2, mid-range backup and the restoration of applications.

Sony spokesman said, Sony is pursuing a AIT Worm (Write Once Read Many) format based on the American Institute in Taiwan - 3. Many enterprises such as financial services institutions are legally obliged to record transactions. Sony believes that this form will appeal to these companies, because it obviates the risk erased.

The company has also announced that it will stop development of its 4 mm DDS tape line. DDS, which use similar digital audio tape is for low-end backup applications. Sony said this ability to format a plateau period of stagnation, users will need greater capacity to provide a better service governing the American Institute in Taiwan. -- Christopher Fumaikekenaier