SAN DIEGO, Jun 9, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Overland Storage, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVRL), the leading provider of backup and recovery solutions, today introduced the availability of an iSCSI connectivity option for its NEO Series(R) tape libraries. Utilizing iSCSI technology, the award-winning NEO libraries can now easily become an available component of an IP storage area network (SAN). Users can leverage existing Ethernet infrastructures, skill sets and management tools to back up data directly to any NEO library, creating a low-cost storage solution.
"Overland was one of the first companies to embrace the benefits of iSCSI with its REO family of disk-based backup and recovery appliances launched last year," said John Matze, Overland vice president and CTO, and co-architect of the iSCSI specification. "Today, we are pleased to extend iSCSI capabilities to our NEO tape libraries, enabling IT managers to reap the benefits associated with this flexible, high-speed and cost-effective technology."
iSCSI is a standard for transporting low latency SCSI blocks across IP networks. Simple, effective and easy to manage, it uses familiar and inexpensive Ethernet technology and components to deliver Fibre Channel-like speed and the high performance equivalent of direct attached storage at a fraction of the cost -- typically as much as 50 percent less.
Overland's iSCSI connectivity option uses standard Ethernet technology to back up multiple servers using a single NEO library attached directly to the network. It supports an aggregate bandwidth of more than 130MB per second, effectively eliminating the backup server bottleneck.
"By iSCSI-enabling NEO, Overland Storage allows IT managers to leverage existing network infrastructure and expertise, consolidate and optimize backup processes, and easily implement an Overland disk- and tape-based backup strategy," said Robert Scroop, Overland vice president and general manager, Storage Resource Business Unit. "As backup and recovery needs change, the flexibility and scalability of the NEO architecture provides both investment protection and peace of mind."
Availability
iSCSI connectivity is available for all NEO libraries, including NEO 2000, NEO 4000 and NEO 8000. Overland Storage products are available through leading storage partners worldwide. For more information, please visit www.overlandstorage.com.
About the NEO Series
Overland's award-winning family of scalable libraries, the NEO Series, provides enterprise-class data protection with nonstop operation, expansion on demand, investment protection, remote library management, and 1 and 2 GB/second serverless backup in a SAN environment. Overland's NEO technology has won more industry awards than any other vendor, including Storage Magazine's Product of the Year. The newest addition to the NEO family is the NEO 8000, a data-center class library offering up to 200 TB of storage in a 19-inch rack footprint. The NEO 8000 provides industry-leading performance, scalability, data availability and field-proven technology at the best value in its class.
About Overland Storage
For more than 20 years, Overland Storage has delivered world-class data protection solutions designed to ensure business continuity. Focused on backup and recovery, Overland's data protection solutions are designed for midrange-computer environments. These include NEO Series, the award-winning automated storage libraries that set the standard for intelligent, automated and scalable storage, and REO, the high-performance, disk-based backup and recovery appliance. Overland sells its products worldwide through leading OEMs, commercial distributors, storage integrators and value-added resellers. For more information, visit Overland's website at www.overlandstorage.com.
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