I would hope there is some parity or other ecc process that would save
your image if one of these many cheap disks failed.

-andrew

Sto Rage© wrote:

>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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>briandiven AT northwesternmutual DOT com
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>>[Veritas-bu] Copan Systems - MAID Technology
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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.
>>
>>Any thoughts or comments about their solution?
>>
>>Brian
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