MAID as a technology has been around for an eternity but MAID, or massive array of idle disks, certainly isn’t dead. MAID technology has now found its way into standard disk products from Nexsan. It looks like MAID is taking its appropriate place as a technology option in a disk array solution and not the primary reason to buy it, which brings us to VARs.
MAID as a technology has improved — some are calling today’s version “MAID 2.0.” New versions offer multiple levels of MAID instead of just the drives being turned off. These more granular spin-down modes have corresponding degrees of power savings and access times, making them appropriate for more data sets. Some systems also change the MAID level automatically, based upon access history of the RAID group.
Whatever the case, MAID is here to stay. With this improved functionality and its status as a technology option for disk systems.
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