Sphere 3D’s Overland Storage Subsidiary Simplifies Data Storage and Retrieval Requirements of Big Data with Launch of NEO A...
November 17 2016 - 8:30AM
Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ:ANY), a containerization, virtualization
and data management solutions provider, today announced that its
subsidiary Overland Storage has introduced its NEO® Agility™
archive appliance which leverages both the Linear Tape File System
(LTFS) technology, as well as the Tape Archive (TAR) format.
Users of this new member of the NEO Series family of data archive
solutions benefit from the ease of use of a standard file viewing
system plus the economics and reliability that tape-based storage
provides for large amounts of data.
The NEO Agility archive appliance provides simple drag and drop
file access to up to 15 petabytes (PBs) of online storage capacity,
and an unlimited amount of offline capacity. The product is
specifically designed to help users quickly archive and access the
large amounts of data that needs to be managed and stored.
NEO Agility is compatible with all Overland Storage NEO tape
libraries, as well as broad range of tape library models
manufactured by other vendors.
“We are seeing increasing demand by big healthcare, video
surveillance, media and entertainment and other sectors for
ultra-high capacity data systems to support the uploading and
downloading of multi-terabyte images and video feeds. This
ongoing growth in file sizes and storage capacity demands makes now
the perfect time to launch NEO Agility,” stated Peri Grover, senior
director of Overland NEO product management. “This product
also opens new doors for our network of channel partners to break
into new accounts as it is compatible with many different tape
library models and vendors, unlike other LTFS vendors that limit
interoperability to support only their own specific vendor
libraries.”
For video archiving, the appliance can store up to five
Terabytes (TBs) of new video assets per day, as well as restore up
to 20TB of video assets per day, but at a much lower cost per
terabyte when compared to standard file based systems with no LTFS
component. To give additional context on its cost-efficiency
for typical post-production video files, the NEO Agility appliance
enables the equivalent of 100 video disks to be stored on just one
LTO tape cartridge.
Another target use case for NEO Agility is healthcare data
archiving and storage. Before the end of this year, Frost
& Sullivan estimates that the United States alone will generate
more than 1,000 petabytes of medical image data on a yearly
basis. This massive amount of data equates to approximately
600 million medical imaging procedures per year.
NEO Agility makes tape simple by integrating with users’
existing file-based applications and not requiring the complex
attachment of metadata nor any additional modification of their
files. Users benefit from the ease of access of having multiple
petabytes of storage sitting right there in their operating system
directory tree, allowing them to quickly and easily archive,
restore and share files between multiple users and/or locations, at
the lowest possible cost for long-term data storage.
The NEO Agility archive appliance provides support for both the
LTFS and TAR standards, allowing files to be presented in a
standard file/folder structure that can be transferred to/from the
archive using either standard Windows network protocol or FTP file
transfers. This enables the user to take advantage of the
cost-effective and reliability advantages of tape, while avoiding
proprietary formats, preventing expensive vendor lock-in,
eliminating the need for expensive third-party archive software
applications, and enabling regulatory compliance by providing
support for WORM cartridges. NEO Agility also simplifies the
management of near-line disk, near-line tape and off-line tape by
allowing an administrator to define policies for RAID caching that
can be tailored for different file types and folders.
NEO Agility technical specifications include:
- Compatible with all Overland Storage NEO tape libraries,
including the NEOXL 80, NEOXL 60, and NEOs T48 models, as well as a
broad range of tape library models manufactured by other
vendors
- Storage of up to 15PB of online capacity, and an unlimited
amount of offline capacity
- 8TBs of disk cache designed to enhance archive and restore
performance
- Sustainable transfer rates range from 500Mb/s to 1300 Mb/s for
files ranging in size from 1GB to 100GB
- Redundancy for enhanced data availability
- High-speed network connections, like SAS and Fiber Channel
- The ability to locally connect storage devices via USB allowing
files to be transferred locally between the USB device and LTO
- Support for standard network protocols (CIFS/SMB and FTP); can
be set up as a Network Attached Storage (NAS) share
- Interoperable with Windows, Linux, and MAC file
environments
Pricing and AvailabilityNEO Agility is
immediately available through Overland Storage authorized FastTrack
program channel partners. The archive appliance has an MSRP
starting at $29,000 USD and €26,500 Euro. To learn more about
the NEO Agility archive appliance:
- Go to the NEO Agility product overview web page
http://www.overlandstorage.com/products/ltfs-archive-appliance/
- Contact Overland Storage Sales at this link to learn about
special promotions available through the NEO product family’s
current “In Tape We Trust” campaign
About NEO
NEO Series solutions provide a wide range of long-term storage
capability utilizing industry-leading LTO tape drive
technology. Ranging from a single tape drive offering 1.5TB
of storage capacity, to a multi-drive, multi-cartridge tape library
delivering up to 15PBs of storage at speeds of up to 65TB/hr. for
just pennies/GB, NEO solutions provide the most reliable,
cost-effective, high-capacity, high-performance solutions for long
term data storage. Whether they are small, private business
or large, multi-national Fortune 100 institutions, over 250,000
users worldwide trust their data to Overland Storage and NEO Series
tape backup and archive solutions.
About Sphere 3D
Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ:ANY) delivers data management, and
desktop and application virtualization solutions via hybrid Cloud,
Cloud and on-premise implementations through its global reseller
network. Sphere 3D, along with its wholly-owned subsidiaries
Overland Storage and Tandberg Data has a strong portfolio of brands
including Glassware 2.0™, NEO®, RDX®, SnapCLOUD®,
SnapServer®, SnapSync™ and V3®. For more information, visit
www.sphere3d.com. Follow us on Twitter @Sphere3D, @overlandstorage,
and @tandbergdata.
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Investor
Contact:Blueshirt GroupMichael
Bishop415-217-4968mike@blueshirtgroup.com
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