MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) is a storage technology that employs a large group of disk drives in which only those drives in active use are spinning at any given time. This reduces power consumption and prolongs the life of the drives. MAID is designed for Write Once Read Occasionally (WORO) applications. The COPAN Systems‘ solution was built to solve today’s storage challenges surrounding disk to disk and tape backup. It offers significant advantages over traditionally available solutions
