FWIIW, Nexsan technologies has also recently announced their version
of MAID, called "auto-MAID" on their SATBeast product line, 210TB in a
single rack. We have been using Nexsans for a long time now, very
reliable arrays, so when we decide to move towards MAID, Nexsan would
be the first choice for us.
-G

On 1/19/06, william.d.brown AT gsk DOT com <william.d.brown AT gsk DOT com> 
wrote:
> 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
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> 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.
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> Any thoughts or comments about their solution?
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> Brian
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