MAID Platforms

A New Approach to Data Backup, Recovery and Archiving
COPAN products are all based on an Enterprise MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) platform, which is ideally suited to cost effectively address the long-term data storage requirements of write-once/read-occasionally (WORO) data.

Platforms & Technology Solutions

Additional Information: Enterprise MAID Reference Guide (PDF 180K)


Storage Environment Factors Tape Traditional Disk-Based Storage COPAN Systems' Enterprise MAID
Quick Data Recovery   √ √
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Scalability √   √
Small Footprint √   √
Power & Cooling Efficiency √   √
Ease of Management   √ √
Built for Long-Term Data Storage     √