Sony Super Advanced Intelligent Tape™ Drives
Letter of Volatility
The chart below shows the corresponding memory types for the Sony S-AIT tape drives
listed. Please note, there are no remnants of customer data retained in the drive when both
(i) S-AIT tape media is removed and (ii) the power is turned off.
MODEL MEMORY
SIZE
SDZ-100
16 KB EEPROM Non-Volatile No
512 KB SRAM Volatile No
32 MB x2 SDRAM Volatile Yes
16 MB x2 SDRAM Volatile Yes
SDZ-130
16 KB EEPROM Non-Volatile No
512 KB SRAM Volatile No
32 MB x2 SDRAM Volatile Yes
16 MB SDRAM Volatile Yes
1 MB SRAM Volatile Yes
8 KB EEPROM Non-Volatile No
Note:
Flash is used for firmware code upload and contains no user data. EEPROM is used to store
operational parameters and contains no user data.
2 MB FLASH Non-Volatile No
2 MB FLASH Non-Volatile No
MEMORY
TYPE
VOLATILITY USER
DATA*
* “User Data” utilized by “Memory Type”