SAIT

Companies worldwide face a tremendous explosion of data produced at every level of the organization, from email, databases, the Internet, and e-commerce, to image-based applications that produce video and audio files. Storage systems will race to increase capacities and performance to meet these needs, and tape storage will play an important role. SAIT introduces a tape-based data storage technology platform that in its first generation delivers the industry`s highest capacity tape drive, storing up to 500GB of uncompressed data on a single-reel, half-inch tape cartridge and featuring a sustained native transfer rate of up to 30MB per second uncompressed. First generation SAIT drives incorporated into automation solutions will provide uncompressed capacities ranging from 10TB in a space-efficient configuration to more than 500TB in a 1,000-cartridge freestanding library.

SAIT technology utilizes Advanced Metal Evaporated (AME) media, which combines high capacity with high durability. AME creates a recording layer of nearly 100% magnetic material, in contrast to conventional tape technologies that may have less than 50% magnetic material. Higher areal density and capacity is the result, as well as a smoother tape surface that significantly prolongs head and media life. Based on advanced helical-scan recording technology, which is known for its high data density, outstanding data transfer performance, as well as outstanding reliability and durability advantages, the SAIT technology platform has a forward-looking roadmap of four defined generations that have the potential to scale to up to four terabytes of uncompressed capacity in a single cartridge.