Overland Storage Offers SMBs Highly Affordable D2D Data Protection

Overland Storage Offers SMBs Highly Affordable D2D Data Protection with New REO 1500 Disk-Based Backup, Recovery and VTL Appliance

Entry-Level REO Delivers Five-Fold Performance Boost, Six VTLs, 2 TBs of Raw Capacity, Secure Management, iSCSI and RoHS Compliance

Overland Storage, Inc. (NASDAQ: OVRL) today introduced the REO™ 1500, the latest addition to its best-selling and field-proven REO SERIES® of disk-based backup, recovery and virtual tape library (VTL) appliances. Ideally suited for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) or distributed enterprises, the REO 1500 ensures reliable, unattended backups and near-instantaneous file recovery in an easy-to-use, economical and versatile appliance.

Overland’s REO 1500 extends the capabilities of its predecessor REO 1000 to deliver new levels of flexibility and performance, including five-times faster backups as well as expedited restores of up to 2TBs of vital data. The entry-level model also includes version 4.0 of Overland’s REO Protection OS™ software for enhanced data protection intelligence and a more comprehensive set of options involving any combination of up to six VTLs, 32 virtual tape drives and 512 virtual cartridges. In addition, the REO 1500 offers many industry-leading features, such as:

• Compact 1U base unit holds 4×250 or 500GB SATA II drives;
• RAID 5 data protection;
• HTTPS secure management to streamline remote monitoring;
• Conforms to European Union RoHS compliance requirements;
• iSCSI connectivity; and
• Intuitive, browser-based GUI for simplified configuration and management.

“The REO 1500 will play a crucial role in helping small and medium-sized businesses solve the many problems caused by exponential data growth, shrinking backup windows and the growing demand for accelerated recovery,” says Michael Kerman, vice president and chief strategy officer of Overland Storage. “Additionally, the REO 1500 will accelerate the integration of complementary disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) data protection by easing the deployment challenges and reducing the cost of disk- and tape-based tiered storage solutions.”

For iSystems LLC, creators of the Evolution Payroll and Tax Management system for payroll service bureaus, protecting vital financial reporting data is a top business priority. The Colchester, Vt.-based company, which is co-located with sister organization PayData, one of the largest independent payroll service providers in the Northeast, relies on real-time replication to mirror daily payroll processing. Over time, nightly full backups of the replicated data became increasingly laborious, taking more than 14 hours to complete and up to six hours a week to manage.

According to Ben Loscalzo, IT manager for iSystems, the idea of using disk-to-disk-to-tape (D2D2T) data protection to reduce its backup window was appealing but considered cost prohibitive. “We didn’t think D2D2T backup and recovery fit our budget, so online vaulting and other tape-based solutions were evaluated,” he explains. “Fortunately our research brought us to Overland and we discovered that the REO 1500, combined with Overland’s ARCvault 12 tape autoloader, gave us all the D2D2T functionality we required—at a price we could afford. Nothing beats the flexibility of using the REO’s VTLs as well as dynamic virtual tapes that automatically expand or shrink depending on our needs.” With its highly economical REO/ARCvault combination, iSystems has slashed its backup window while significantly reducing administrative overhead.

In addition to lowering the barriers to entry for powerful yet affordable D2D2T backup and recovery, Overland’s REO 1500 has numerous advantages over other general-purpose disk-based backup systems. For example, the REO 1500 is not susceptible to common problems such as disk fragmentation, viruses, manual volume management, hackers, ongoing tuning or file system overhead. Additionally, only REO SERIES appliances incorporate Overland’s patent-pending Dynamic Virtual Tape™ (DVT) technology, which eliminates the manual effort and guesswork of sizing, configuring, provisioning and deleting virtual tape cartridges. “Overland’s Dynamic Virtual Tape is a unique and highly valuable feature that enables greater capacity utilization while simplifying management,” says Brian Garrett, industry analyst for the Enterprise Strategy Group.

Availability and Pricing

Overland’s REO 1500 now is available from Overland partners worldwide for a starting MSRP of $5,543.

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 SERIES™ of protected primary storage appliances; the REO SERIES® of disk-based backup, recovery and VTL appliances; and the NEO SERIES® and ARCvault™ 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 www.overlandstorage.com.

Contact Details:

Dominic Whitehurst
Pleon
Email: dominic.whitehurst {at} pleon(.)com
Tel: 0207 479 5625