Copan Systems announced today support for 500 GB SATA drives on its Revolution 200 MAID (massive array of idle disks).
With a structure of up to 8 shelves, each loaded with 8 canisters Revolution arrays can mount up to 896 drives in a single cabinet.
Using 500 GB drives brings the total capacity to 448 terabytes over just 10 square foot, achieving the highest capacity per space ratio in the industry, according to Copan.
"We were also able to lower the acquisition cost [with 500 GB drives] - says Roger Archibald, Copan VP of marketing and business development - "and now in a fully configured system the list price is below $3 per gigabyte".
Configurations of the Revolution 200 with the larger drives are available immediately.
Posted by Mario Apicella on April 24, 2006 08:00 AM
