Sony SD-1 data cartridges comply with the ID-1 ANSI (American National Standards Institute) standard. Established with the goal of achieving data interchangeability, the ID-1 format has proven successful in a wide range of high-speed data storage applications, from large instrumentation systems to corporate servers.
For large volumes of data, one L-size cartridge can store up to 100GB, while one M-size cartridge can store up to 40GB of data. Tapes can likewise be written or read at transfer rates of up to 512Mbps using a Sony DIR-1000H drive. |