Overview:
COPAN Systems has joined with other storage industry leaders to provide enterprise customers with a better solution for managing persistent data. Led by COPAN Systems, this new ecosystem, Persistent Data Storage Architecture (PDSA), is the first collaborative industry effort that specifically addresses the storage requirements of persistent data.

This new ecosystem will focus on persistent data, which is data that is recorded or aged to a point that it is unlikely to change or be modified, but must be retained for future reference or access. Examples of persistent data include backup data needed for recovery, traditional office documents and aged transaction records, financial records, and e-mails. According to some estimates, this classification of data now represents more than 70 percent of the data in a customer’s data center and is the fastest growing segment of stored data today.

As an innovator and leader in storage technology, COPAN Systems has created an enhanced MAID platform that is purpose-built for persistent data. We are currently collaborating with other leaders in the storage and data industries, from application ISVs to storage device manufacturers, to build an ecosystem that delivers an end-to-end persistent data solution for customers.

The following companies have come together to provide a complete, end-to-end persistent data storage solution: