Overland Storage Unveils REO 4500 D2D VTL With New SAS RAID Controller and up to 27 TBs for Fast, Reliable Backup and Recovery
16 July 2007 - 9:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Largest Branded Seafood Company in North America Embraces REO 4500
to Support Expanded D2D2T Data Protection for Increased Stability,
Reliability and Security SAN DIEGO, July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- Overland Storage, Inc. (NASDAQ:OVRL) today announced the REO(TM)
4500, the latest addition to its next-generation REO SERIES(R) of
versatile, disk-based backup, recovery and virtual tape library
(VTL) appliances. The REO 4500 is engineered for improved
performance and reliability with a new hardware platform, increased
speed, greater capacity as well as advanced VTL functionality. The
REO 4500 extends the capabilities of its predecessor, the REO 4000,
with enhanced functionality and expandability while complementing
Overland's other REO models, including the entry-level REO 1500 and
top-of-the-line REO 9100. To date, Overland has deployed more than
5,000 REO appliances, representing more than 25 petabytes of vital
data. With its REO SERIES, Overland offers "drop in" disk-to-disk
(D2D) VTL appliances that lower the costs and administrative
overhead often associated with software-based VTLs. The new REO
4500 is a simple, economical product that helps solve increasingly
complex backup challenges while facilitating near-instantaneous
data recovery. The next-generation product also supports
industry-leading capabilities and functionality, including: --
State-of-the-art SAS RAID controller; -- Dual 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel
and iSCSI host connectivity; -- Up to 27 TBs of raw data capacity;
-- User-definable VTL with up to six library partitions, up to 32
virtual tape drives and up to 512 virtual cartridges; -- RAID 5
protection; -- Dual hot-swap power supplies; and -- Secure
web-based management for simplified set-up and proactive
monitoring. "The REO 4500 rounds out Overland's next-generation REO
line-up with fast, reliable, 'set it and forget it' operation,
intuitive management and on-demand expandability," says Michael
Kerman, vice president of worldwide marketing and chief strategy
officer for Overland Storage. "Our mid-range REO offering blends
price and performance to give SMBs a D2D VTL appliance that can
grow right along with them to keep pace with rapidly rising data
protection needs." For Bumble Bee(R) Foods, North America's largest
branded seafood company, the simplicity, scalability and
extensibility of the REO 4500 hooked the billion-dollar purveyor of
canned tuna, salmon and specialty protein products on adding a D2D
VTL to its overarching data protection strategy. According to Tony
Costa, CIO and senior vice president of Bumble Bee, Overland's new
REO 4500 plays a pivotal role in helping the company consolidate
the backup and recovery of disparate and dispersed data, which
continues to proliferate through corporate acquisitions and
expansions. "With the REO 4500, we are well positioned to scale
quickly and easily to meet burgeoning backup needs while also
improving restore times and boosting overall reliability
dramatically," he explains. "In addition to leveraging REO's
capacity and performance, intuitive management and monitoring
capabilities save us significant time and effort so we can focus on
other initiatives." In re-architecting its data protection
foundation, Bumble Bee upgraded its EMC Fibre Channel SAN,
standardized on Symantec Backup Exec software, incorporated data
replication from DoubleTake Software as well as continuous data
protection from Live Backup to safeguard all centralized and remote
applications, servers and systems. The company also has added
Overland's ARCvault(TM) 48 tape library for improved long-term data
retention in compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley, FDA and other
regulatory requirements. "Overland's REO and ARCvault products
safeguard Bumble Bee's mission-critical data while bolstering our
business best practices," adds Costa. "We purposefully keep our
number of strategic technology relationships to a minimum and
Overland is one of those trusted partners because the products --
along with the company -- are mature, stable and proven to be best
in class." "End users benefit from an affordable, scalable, and
flexible appliance that integrates easily with tape-based solutions
for complete D2D2T protection," says Robert Amatruda, research
director, tape and removable storage, for IDC. "Solutions like
Overland's REO 4500 that offer increased performance and capacity
to enable better backup and restore performance help to answer this
market need, and has helped Overland gain market traction with its
REO family." Availability and Pricing Overland's REO 4500 now is
available from Overland partners worldwide for a starting MSRP of
$18,177. 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) family of 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 recently 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; 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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