Specifications

1–2 AIT Drive Reference Guide
Overview of the AIT Drive
Features
The following table outlines the features of the Compaq AIT tape drives.
Table 1–1: AIT Drive Features
Feature AIT 35 IDE AIT 35 AIT 50 AIT 100
Sustained
transfer rate
4 MB/s
(approx.
8 MB/s with
data
compression)
4 MB/s
(approx.
8 MB/s with
data
compression)
6 MB/s
(approx.
12 MB/s
with data
compression)
12 MByte/sec
(approximately
24 MByte/sec
with data
compression)
Supported
format
AIT-1 AIT-1 AIT-1, AIT-2 AIT-1, AIT-2,
AIT-3
Burst transfer
rate
66.6 MB/s 40 MB/s 40 MB/s 160 MB/s
Buffer
Memory
8 MB 8 MB
non-parity
8 MB parity 18 MB
Interface IDE
ATAPI
UDMA-4
Embedded
SCSI
Ultra160LVD,
Ultra/WIDE,
Single-ended
or Low
Voltage
Differential
Embedded
SCSI
Ultra160LVD,
Ultra/WIDE,
Single-ended
or Low
Voltage
Differential
Embedded
SCSI
Ultra160LVD,
Ultra/WIDE,
Single-ended
or Low Voltage
Differential
MIC Support Yes Yes Yes Yes
Tape Alert Yes Yes Yes Yes
NOTE:
Not compatible with the DDS and EXABYTE format tapes.