In this video from the 2016 MSST Conference, Kirill Malkin from SGI presents: A Perspective on Power Management for Hard Disks.
“Malkin will talk about the impact of power management on reliability of hard disk devices based on a field experience with SGI’s MAID product (formerly COPAN). The presentation will explore statistical analysis of support data covering a decade of MAID deployment (2005-2015) as well as briefly cover the history and basic principles of the technology and provide an update on future direction of the product line.”