HP Q1998A AIT-2 8MM Certified Tape 50/100GB Data Cartridge

HP tape cartridges are continuously tested and monitored to deliver the highest quality and reliability to the market. With an installed base of over eleven million drives, tape cartridge media far surpasses any other media being used today for data backup reliability.

High-performance: enables faster data access with MIC technology-up to 50% improvement over other technologies
Comprehensive: offering ait-1, ait-2, ait-3 and cleaning cartridge, hp offers a complete AIT family
High-capacity: supports capacities from 70GB to 200GB
Dependable: supports MIC offering greaterdata integrity with fault-tolerant system logs-data is secure
Longevity: 1/3rd less tape tension creates longer life cycles for high-density recording
AIT-1 drives: can achieve up to 70 cleans, AIT-2 & AIT-3 drives can achieve up to 50 cleans
HP AIT drives and media employ a helical scan recording method in which data tracks are written at an angle with respect to the edge of the tape. This technique requires fewer passes over the drive heads to fill the tape.
HP AIT data cartridges contain an Advanced Metal Evaporated (AME) recording layer.
Uses MIC technology allowing high-speed media load, file search and read/write access.