Business markets have become more competitive.  You can make better proactive decisions and devise new business strategies regarding your business’s future growth on the basis of prior financial, accounting & user data.  The different operating departments of the organizations (Marketing, Finance, Sales, Human Resource etc.) alter their business approach and strategy on the basis of prior data.  In-time availability of data is the key to their cost effective business strategies.  The litigators, clients and end-users are also interested in the enterprise records.  Data retentions laws have become more rigorous over the years due to the enormous growth in data volumes.

Sony has engineered SDLT 320 drive which offers its client the ability to meet the above mentioned business challenges.  Two generations of Super DLT format have been launched into the market.  These SDLT tape version are SDLT-2 and SDLT-1 tape. Sony SDLT 320 represents SDLT 1 tape technology.  You might be wondering that why one should adopt the SDLT tape technology.   Well I am going to describe the superior and high performance features & technologies of Super DLT technology that enable you to reliably store your information.   The users of SDLT tape format can upgrade their data storage system flexibly and cost efficiently.  Sony SDLT 320 drive is designed for faster data rate of 32MB/s (compressed mode).

SDLT-320 drive provides its customers the speed, capacity and reliability to economically satisfy their storage needs.  Uncompressed media capacity of SDLT-320 data tape has been raised to 160GB.  Data compression technique of SDLT-320 tape format doubles the data rate and capacity.  Other famous media manufacturing companies including IBM, Imation, HP, Dell, Maxell, Quantum and Fuji also manufacture high speed SDLT 1 tape cartridges.  35L1119, 16260, C7980A, 09W085, 183700, MRSAMCL01 and 26300001 are the respective part numbers of these Super DLT-1 tape brands.

High density recordings can increase the error rate.  Therefore in order to significantly reduce the error rate during high density storage, Sony has ensured ultra smooth and thinner recording medium for its SDLT-320 tape cartridges.  Smooth and thinner tape surface contribute to the greater accuracy in high density recordings.  Superior tape travel stability offered by Sony SDLT-320 drive results in higher reliability and faster backup operations.

Sony has altered the SDLT 320 tape cartridge’s architecture to ensure greater data throughput in library environments.  Repeated load/unload cycles do not degrade the performance level of Sony Super DLT 1 media tape.  Base film of SDLT-320 data tape is made up of submicron metal particles that result in uniformly coated media surface.  Sony Super DLT tape drives make the backup storage system more efficient.

High density recording has become an essential part of the backup storage demands. To meet the high density storage demands, Sony has introduced MRC (magneto resistive cluster) read/write head in its SDLT-320 tape drive.  MRC head is so sensitive that any projections on the media recording surface of SDLT tape is detected as noise. SDLT is among the first tape storage format that has used the optical servo technique. This technology assists the SDLT-320 drive to reliably read/write onto the narrow data tracks.