Overland Storage Delivers Next-Generation REO 9100 D2D VTL With Industry- Leading Performance, Capacity and Configuration Flexib
04 June 2007 - 10:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
World-Renowned Animal Shelter Adopts Top-of-the-Line REO VTL
Appliance to Cut its Backup Window in Half and Reduce Overhead by
90 Percent SAN DIEGO, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Overland
Storage, Inc. (NASDAQ:OVRL) today announced the REO(TM) 9100, the
latest generation of its best-selling REO SERIES(R) of disk-based
backup, recovery and virtual tape library (VTL) appliances. The REO
9100 doubles the performance of its predecessor, the award-winning
REO 9000, to solve the ever-increasing backup and recovery
challenges of small to medium-sized businesses as well as
distributed enterprises worldwide. Overland's REO 9100 provides
superior data backup and recovery while substantially lowering
administrative costs. The newest model leverages the proven design
of the REO family to provide flexible functionality when configured
as a VTL, standalone virtual tape drives and/or disk volumes
(LUNs). The REO 9100 includes patent-pending Dynamic Virtual
Tape(TM) (DVT) technology, which features intelligent provisioning
for optimized capacity utilization of both virtual and physical
tape cartridges. Additionally, the REO 9100 includes a broad array
of advanced features and capabilities, such as: -- Dual
next-generation 3Ware SATA RAID controllers; -- Multiple 4
Gb/second Fibre Channel or iSCSI host connectivity; -- Up to 66 TB
of raw data capacity; -- User-definable VTL with up to 32 virtual
tape drives, up to 180 virtual cartridges and up to four library
partitions; -- RAID 5 protection; -- Near-instantaneous data
recovery using direct access disk technology; -- Conformance with
European Union RoHS compliance requirements; and -- Robust,
web-based set-up and proactive monitoring. "The 9100 takes REO
performance to the next level with blazing speed, tremendous
capacity and completely intuitive set-up and operation," says
Michael Kerman, vice president of worldwide marketing and chief
strategy officer for Overland Storage. "This latest addition to the
REO SERIES is the quickest, simplest answer to fixing tough backup
and recovery problems all at once." For North Shore Animal League
(NSAL), the world's largest no-kill pet rescue and animal adoption
agency, based in Port Washington, N.Y., the need to shave hours off
a limited backup window while reducing reliance on tape for
near-term data retention led to an evaluation of leading VTL
appliances. In reviewing solutions with sufficient scalability to
house up to a year's worth of backups totaling more than 12 TBs of
data, NSAL's IT team discovered that cost and complexity rose along
with capacity. Most enterprise VTLs had six- figure price tags,
which were beyond the reach of the budget-constrained non- profit
organization while also lacking the configuration flexibility
desired. According to Joseph Sanfilippo, IT manager for North Shore
Animal League, the REO 9100 stood out for its flexibility,
scalability and affordability. "We really liked that we could use
the VTL and carve out disk volumes at the same time," says
Sanfilippo. "And, REO 9100 costs a fraction of the price of
enterprise VTLs." In deploying REO 9100 as a VTL, NSAL expects to
cut its back-up window in half while reducing administrative
overhead by more than 90 percent. In addition, the league has
created a 2-TB disk LUN as a repository for projects, testing and
interim end-user data. "With Overland's REO 9100, we can easily
handle sudden growth and temporary storage as we have more options
than ever to transform our data protection strategies," he adds.
"We anticipate ROI within a couple of months. For a non-profit
organization seeking the best product at the best value, it doesn't
get better than the REO 9100." Overland's REO SERIES boasts
numerous advantages over other general- purpose disk-based backup
systems. For example, REO includes REO Protection OS(TM) software,
which embeds data protection intelligence for enabling a core set
of volume and device virtualization, management and connectivity
features. Additionally, REO disk appliances are not susceptible to
common problems such as disk fragmentation, viruses, manual volume
management, hackers, ongoing tuning or file system overhead. In
fact, testing reinforced that REO Protection OS optimizes
performance to the disk subsystem, providing a 100 percent
performance increase versus slightly fragmented standard RAID
systems. Availability and Pricing Overland's REO 9100 now is
available from Overland partners worldwide for a starting MSRP of
$28,041. About Overland Storage Now in its 26th year, Overland
Storage is a market leader and innovative provider of simply
protected storage solutions -- smart data protection appliances and
software modules designed to work together, affordably, to ensure
that information is automatically safe, readily available and
always there. Overland's award-winning data protection solutions
include the ULTAMUS(TM) RAID SERIES of affordable, high-capacity
storage; REO SERIES(R) of disk-based backup, recovery and VTL
appliances; and the NEO SERIES(R) and ARCvault(TM) SERIES tape
automation solutions. Overland sells its products through leading
OEMs, commercial distributors, storage integrators and value- added
resellers. For more information, visit Overland's web site at
http://www.overlandstorage.com/. Except for the factual statements
made herein, the information contained in this news release
consists of forward-looking statements that involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Words
and expressions reflecting optimism and satisfaction with current
prospects, as well as words such as "believe," "hopes," "intends,"
"estimates," "expects," "projects," "plans," "anticipates" and
variations thereof, identify forward- looking statements, but their
absence does not mean that a statement is not forward looking. Such
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance and
the company's actual results could differ materially from those
contained in such statements. Factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include possible delays in new
product introductions and shipments by the company including the
new ULTAMUS and ARCvault product lines; possible delays in
enhancements and new offerings in the company's REO line; market
acceptance of the company's other new product offerings; the
performance of the company's newly restructured management team;
the timing and market acceptance of new product introductions by
competitors; unexpected inventory charges resulting from the
termination of the relationship with the company's former
outsourced manufacturing partner; inefficiencies and excessive
manufacturing costs in the early stages of the return of production
to the company's San Diego facility; worldwide information
technology spending levels; unexpected shortages of critical
components; rescheduling or cancellation of customer orders; loss
of a major customer; the timing and amount of licensing royalties;
general competition and price pressures in the marketplace; the
company's ability to control costs and expenses; and general
economic conditions. Reference is also made to other factors set
forth in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including the "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion
and Analysis" and other sections of the company's Forms 10-K and
10-Q currently on file with the SEC. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this release and the
company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any
forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or
circumstances after the date of this release. Overland, Overland
Storage, REO Series, REO, NEO Series, NEO, ARCvault Series,
ARCvault and ULTAMUS are trademarks of Overland Storage, Inc.
DATASOURCE: Overland Storage, Inc. CONTACT: Sue Hetzel of
HetzelMeade Communications, +1-760-434-9927, , for Overland
Storage, Inc. Web site: http://www.overlandstorage.com/
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