Last week’s news reports that COPAN Systems are back from the dead after their purchase by SGI. The newly branded arrays have been tweaked (for example 50% of drives can be spinning on the SGI incarnation) but essentially the concept is the same; store shedloads of inactive data.
HP Blades Day [...]
Over the last week there have been a few stories catching my eye. Here’s a brief paragraph on them.
SGI Acquires COPAN Systems
In fact to be more precise, SGI have acquired some of the assets of COPAN and left the liabilities behind for a mere $2 million in cash (press release). The [...]
The discussion on EMC’s VTL has got StorageZilla and other EMC’ers a little excited. It stems from Barry’s post on the DL6000, a Godzilla of a VTL as I’ve previously discussed before.
I think it is worthwhile reviewing the exact point of having a VTL [...]
Old Barry’s at it again with the DMX pitch, this time for VTL.
Here’s a quick comparison with Copan’s Revolution 220TX system and the specification of the DL6100 from EMC’s website.
Copan Revolution 220TX
Single Cabinet 896 drives (500GB SATA) Power (max): 6368 watts Throughput: 5.2TB/hour Capacity: 448TB max Emulation: 56 libraries, [...]
I spent some time earlier this week talking to COPAN. They produce high density storage systems, but not the sort of arrays you’d use for traditional data storage. Their product is pitched at the long term persistent storage market.
I’m sure you can read the website if you’re interested however, I hadn’t [...]
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