Overland Storage launches the NEO E-series Tape Libraries

Overland Storage announced the availability of the first models in its next-generation NEO SERIES line of scalable, automated tape libraries. The NEO E-Series libraries provide a host of embedded functionality along with simplified installation and operation to meet a wide range of demanding data protection and long-term archive requirements.

The NEO 2000E and NEO 4000E extend the reliability, serviceability and data availability of the award-winning NEO SERIES tape backup and archive solution. The NEO product line, which has earned a reputation for rock-solid performance and widespread compatibility, has been enhanced with a variety of embedded capabilities that reinforce technology leadership and investment protection. The new NEO E-Series enables embedded SCSI, FC and SAS connectivity, easing installations while ensuring connectivity with future interface technologies. Other embedded capabilities include:
 
• Improved performance and feature support with enhanced processing power,
• Further investment protection via Integrated partitioning,
• More efficient data access due to improved mail slot functionality,
• Ease of management via remote diagnostics with proactive monitoring,
• Superior reliability and serviceability through the use of enhanced robotics, more efficient power supply and innovative library/drive interface.

Additionally, the new NEO E-Series integrates easily with Overland’s REO SERIES® of disk-based backup and recovery VTLs, Snap Server® NAS appliances, ULTAMUS® RAID SAN storage as well as other disk-based products.

 In addition to enhancing reliability and serviceability, the NEO E-Series adds support for LTO HH tape drive technologies and direct-connect interfaces, lowering initial expenditures and enabling customers to add new capabilities over time while protecting their investments in tape-based backup and recovery.

Overland’s NEO 2000E scales from 30 to 240 cartridges per module while the NEO 4000E scales from 60 to 240 cartridges.  NEO2000E and 4000E can be scaled with each other in an almost limitless combination, providing a variety of capacity points to meet end user needs.