Copan Systems

Copan Systems was an enterprise data-storage company founded in 2002 and based in Longmont, Colorado, known for pioneering MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) technology for long-term persistent and archival storage. Its Enterprise MAID architecture powered down idle disks to cut power, cooling, and floor-space costs in the data center. Backed by Battery Ventures and other investors, the company raised more than $100 million in venture funding before filing for bankruptcy in 2009; SGI acquired its assets in 2010 (that storage lineage now sits within Hewlett Packard Enterprise). The company is defunct and operates no public developer surface, API, or documentation, so there is nothing to enrich in the API Evangelist artifact pipeline.

Copan Systems is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Storage, Data Storage, Archival Storage, and MAID.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

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Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Source (apis.yml)

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name: Copan Systems
description: Copan Systems was an enterprise data-storage company founded in 2002 and based in Longmont, Colorado, known for
  pioneering MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) technology for long-term persistent and archival storage. Its Enterprise MAID
  architecture powered down idle disks to cut power, cooling, and floor-space costs in the data center. Backed by Battery
  Ventures and other investors, the company raised more than $100 million in venture funding before filing for bankruptcy
  in 2009; SGI acquired its assets in 2010 (that storage lineage now sits within Hewlett Packard Enterprise). The company
  is defunct and operates no public developer surface, API, or documentation, so there is nothing to enrich in the API Evangelist
  artifact pipeline.
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x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
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x-tier: stub
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x-status: defunct
x-status-note: Filed for bankruptcy 2009; assets acquired by SGI in 2010 (storage lineage now within HPE). No live website,
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created: '2026-07-17'
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tags:
- Company
- Storage
- Data Storage
- Archival Storage
- MAID
- Enterprise Hardware
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
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  pass: local-v1
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