AIT-5 is the successor to AIT-4 tapes and is formulated with the new Advanced Metal Evaporated 3 (AME-3). Released in late 2006, AIT-5 offers a native capacity of 400 GB and over a Terabyte of compressed. The transfer rate is 24 MB/s and AIT-5 offers Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) feature. Another key feature of AIT-5 tapes is that they are backward compatible with AIT-3, AIT-3Ex and AIT-4 so upgrading from a previous generation AIT backup system is a viable solution. The R-MIC chip is also incorporated into the tape cartridge. Thus AIT-5 proves to be a practical, reliable and competitive solution to your backup needs. Other related products are AIT-1, AIT-2, AIT-3, AIT-4, AIT-1 Turbo, AIT Cleaning Cartridge, AIT Super Tape, AIT Barcode Labels and AIT Empty Cases.