COPAN Systems Enhances Revolution 220A File Archiver.Millenia Archive(TM) Software Enables Unique Management and Retention Benefits to Archived Data LONGMONT, Colo. -- COPAN Co·pán A ruined Mayan city of western Honduras that flourished from c. 300 b.c. to a.d. 900. The ruins include the Hieroglyphic Stairway with nearly 2,000 glyphs. Systems, the leader in persistent data Data that exists from session to session. Persistent data are stored in a database on disk or tape. Contrast with transient data. See persistent name. storage based upon its intelligent, enterprise-class enhanced MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks In computing, a massive array of idle disks (more commonly known as a MAID) is a system using hundreds to thousands of hard drives for near-line data storage. MAID is designed for Write Once, Read Occasionally (WORO) applications. ) platform, today announced that the latest release of its Revolution 220A File Archiver A file archiver is a computer program that combines a number of files together into one archive file, or a series of archive files, for easier transportation or storage. Many file archivers use lossless data compression in order to reduce the archive's size. is generally available. This 2.0 release delivers important scalability and immutability im·mu·ta·ble adj. Not subject or susceptible to change. im·mu  ta·bil features that protect long-term digital archived business information.
"Today, the focus of archiving is on value creation, and receiving the maximum benefit and competitive advantage from digital assets," said Roger Archibald, senior vice president of Marketing and Business Development. "Data that is kept for long periods - whether it's to satisfy data management, regulatory compliance, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. support, or records management requirements - hold a significant amount of business value to a company." Digital archiving differs from traditional backup in key ways. The key distinction is that a backup copy A disk, tape or other machine readable copy of a data or program file. Making backup copies is a discipline most computer users learn the hard way-- after months of work is lost. See backup and LAN free backup. is generally a temporary copy that is retained for disaster recovery purposes, whereas an archive copy is a retention policy-dependent, permanent copy that is kept for compliance, audit, litigation support, and/or records management purposes. This data is referenceable and continuously evolves over time. Unlike traditional tape-based backup or archiving techniques, COPAN's purpose-built persistent data platform provides all the benefits to be expected from a disk-based architecture - performance, accessibility and availability. COPAN's enhanced-MAID architecture, combined with the Millenia Archive software, provides a unique level of data-protection utilizing its patented DISK AEROBICS([R]) software. Disks in the archive are checked for stability at least once every 30 days, ensuring data integrity for long periods of time. In addition, the platform has a 10-year deployment life and an unprecedented 4-year warranty, the longest for any disk-based platform. "Building a long-term, large-scale archive that meets users' requirements for quick, secure access to stored digital content is no simple task," said Heidi Biggar, analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group. "Traditional tape falls way short from a time-to-access standpoint while newer disk-based data protection systems today currently lack the long-term storage features (e.g., information-versus time-based access, data immutability, and advanced search) that solutions such as COPAN's provide." COPAN Systems' Millenia Archive software is a file access personality that lets customers retain all their digital assets with simple and immediate store and retrieve capabilities at the file level. The system has massive scalability of up to 1 billion files to keep pace with continuously growing archive needs, as well as all the features and benefits of COPAN Systems' enhanced MAID platform. Features of COPAN Systems' Revolution 220A include: * File indexing and searches based on user-defined fields * Policy-based data archiving, dynamic views of the archive data and retrieve functionality * File protection against deletion or modification, satisfying the requirements of data immutability, and verification upon retrieval using a SHA SHA - Secure Hash Algorithm 256 hash * Fast, easy retrieval of the correct version of critical documents * User-designated retention periods and expiration dates for each file About COPAN Systems COPAN Systems is the leading provider of intelligent, enterprise-class, enhanced MAID storage solutions that unlock the value of long-term, persistent data. Its energy-efficient storage solutions reduce power and cooling costs in the data center with enhanced MAID's unique ability to spin the hard drives only as needed as needed prn. See prn order. to dramatically conserve power and lengthen length·en tr. & intr.v. length·ened, length·en·ing, length·ens To make or become longer. length  en·er n. the product lifespan. The
company is privately held with investments by Austin Ventures, Globespan
Capital, Pequot Ventures, and Credit Suisse The Credit Suisse Group (SWX:CSGN, NYSE: CS) is a financial services company, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. It is the second-largest Swiss bank, behind UBS AG. . COPAN Systems' storage
solutions have been shipping since March 2004, with customers spanning
the healthcare, financial, government, media, and service provider
industries. Solution implementations include backup/restore, archive,
and disaster recovery. More information is available at
http://www.COPANsys.com.
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