We have talked to them, having met the device at a UK storage show. It does sound a good fit to our darta volumes - most other VTLs don't have enough for us to keep enough days of backup nearline. It uses the FalconStor VTL s/w, though I can't say if it is the full product - but at least that is a VTL that has been around a while.
Myself I like the sound of it, my management have other fish to fry. The power saving sounded good but when I read the spec, it did not read that much less than a standard array, which seemed wrong. I would indeed expect it to use a lot less power, and we are really short of that. You still come back to the argument about VTLs - which is mostly about how you use them as a route to tape. I cannot see us not having tape. William D L Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 18-Jan-2006 14:44 To veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu cc Subject [Veritas-bu] Copan Systems - MAID Technology Has anyone looked at the MAID (Massive Arrays of Idle Disk) solution from Copan? They have been marketing it as a replacement for tape and as a pseudo-VTL. This looks like not much more than just another disk (JBOD) to be used in a D2D pool. Any thoughts or comments about their solution? Brian This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential information of Northwestern Mutual. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail and any attachments is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify Northwestern Mutual immediately by returning it to the sender and delete all copies from your system. Please be advised that communications received via the Northwestern Mutual Secure Message Center are secure. Communications that are not received via the Northwestern Mutual Secure Message Center may not be secure and could be observed by a third party. Thank you for your cooperation. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu