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Sony DIR 1000 Tape Drive
DATA ACQUISITION DIR-1000 Series: The
World's Highest Performing ID-1 Tape Drives
Sony's highly reliable DIR-1000 Series ID-1 19mm helical scan
recorders are key building blocks in its high-end storage solutions. Initially
developed under Sony's leadership for large-scale instrumentation tasks in
engineering and government, the ID-1 format meets the requirements for recording
and storing all types of digital data including data from high-performance
computers and the world's fastest supercomputers.
DIR-1000 Series Benefits/Solutions
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Machines perform both recording and playback at speeds up to 64
Mbytes/sec with a corrected bit error rate of better than 1 x 10-13.
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Store up to 100 Gbytes of data on a single SD-1 data grade tape
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Four drive models are available to provide cost-effective
compatibility with various user transfer rate requirements.
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All three models accept large- and medium-size SD-1 cartridges,
which are commercially available and low in cost.
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The DIR-1000 Series drives conform to the ANSI X3.175-1990 ID-1
19mm format, assuring data compatibility and tape interchangeability.
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An automatic read-after-write facility, by which data are
simultaneously written and verified, enables real-time error correction.
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Available network interfaces include ATM, HIPPI, SCSI-2
Fast/Wide, FDDI, VME, Ethernet, and high-speed parallel/serial
High speed operation with fast data access--
Three drive models are available to provide cost-effective compatibility with
various user transfer rate requirements. The sustained rate for the DIR-1000 is
32 Mbytes/sec (256 Mbits/sec), enabling, for example, the back-up of a 100 Gbyte
disk in less than 1 hour. Operating at a top speed of 16 Mbytes/sec (128
Mbits/sec), the DIR-1000M would back up a 100 Gbyte disk in under 2 hours. The
DIR-1000L transfers data at a maximum rate of 8 Mbytes/sec (64 Mbits/sec), with
a corresponding back-up time of under 4 hours.
All three models accept large- and medium-size D-1 cartridges, which are
commercially available.
A standard data format and high reliability-- The DIR-1000 Series drives conform
to the ANSI X3.175-1990 ID-1 19mm format, assuring data compatibility and tape
interchangeability. Initially developed under Sony's leadership for large-scale
instrumentation tasks in engineering and government, the ID-1 format meets the
requirements for recording and storing all types of digital data including data
from high-performance computers and the world's fastest supercomputers. The
DIR-1000 Series offers several key assurances of data reliability: The drives
employ rotary helical scanning, an extremely precise recording technology which
Sony first perfected for video applications and, most recently, for digital data
recording. *
Interface options with automatic speed matching-- In standalone and library
configurations alike, DIR-1000 Series drives can be employed as both networked
and directly connected storage peripherals. The available data interfaces
include HIPPI, ATM, FDDI, VME, SCSI-2 Fast/Wide, Ethernet, and high-speed
parallel/serial. All of these interfaces assure optimum system performance by
automatically matching the DIR’s transfer rate to the user's demand rate.
Sony DIR Comparison
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