News Release

SAN DIEGO, California - Overland Data, Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS: OVRL) today announced that Jefferies & Company, Inc. and Cruttenden Roth Incorporated, the managing underwriters of the Company's February 21, 1997 initial public offering, exercised their 30-day over-allotment option to purchase an additional 450,000 shares of common stock from the Company. The offering price to the public for the additional shares is $10.00 per share.

Overland Data's initial public offering was increased by 300,000 shares over the original filing of 2.7 million shares. Including the over-allotment shares, the offering consisted of 3.45 million shares of common stock, of which 2,836,364 were sold by the Company, and 613,636 were sold by the selling shareholders. Following the offering, the Company has a total of 10,382,862 shares outstanding.

Copies of the Prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Jefferies & Company, Inc. at 11100 Santa Monica Blvd., 10th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90025, and Cruttenden Roth Incorporated at 18301 Von Karman, 7th Floor, Irvine, CA 92715.

Overland Data is a technology leader in high-performance scaleable tape solutions for high-capacity backup, interchange, HSM and archival storage. The Company offers three complete technology choices: DLT, 18- and 36-track, and 9-track, designed for workstations, networks and midrange systems. Overland Data's award-winning products meet the needs of end users, distributors and OEMs in industries worldwide.

Except for the factual statements made herein, the information contained in this press release consists of forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those contained in such statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include unexpected shortages of critical components, rescheduling or cancellation of customer orders, the timing and market acceptance of new product introductions by the Company and its competitors, and general competition and price pressures in the marketplace. 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 Form 10-K for the most recently completed fiscal year.

* DLT is a claimed trademark of Quantum Corp. worldwide. All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.