Overland-Tandberg OV-NEOxl40A8S NEOxl 40 3u/40-slot base/1-drive/LTO8 SAS

3U 40-slot base 1-drive LTO7 dual-port FC NEO®xl 40

Helping companies protect digital assets in today's hyper data growth environments

Overland-Tandberg “best in class” data storage and archive solutions enable organizations, of all sizes, to securely manage and protect their digital assets. Our superior technologies and services expertise translate into data management solutions that are powerful, yet easy to use.

The simplicity of the NEOs StorageLoader also makes it an ideal solution for remote office locations looking to reliably protect important data and move it offsite. If your current data protection strategy involves copying/moving data to a single, desktop tape drive or a tape drive contained in your server, NEOs StorageLoader provides the convenience and reliability of automated data backup, making NEOs StorageLoader the ideal 1st step into automated backup and archive.

The NEOs StorageLoader brings easy, affordable high-capacity backup and archive capability to small office environments on a limited budget. Packing up to 360TB in a compact 1u form factor, the NEOs StorageLoader combines ease-of-use features and dependable operation to make efficient, cost-effective offline storage a reality for the most budget-challenged business.

Key benefits:

• Industry leading data transfer rates

• Intelligent management and diagnostics

• Ability to scale capacity and performance as needed

• Redundant power for enhanced data availability

• Supports encryption key management functionality with a broad range of key management servers

• SAS or Fibre Channel connectivity

Intelligent Remote Management

NEO XL-Series remote management provides intelligent, proactive administration and monitoring of the tape library, tape drives and media, ensuring a seamless backup and archive process.

• Provides tape drive and tape cartridge status information
• Enables remote configuration activities
• Alerts users to unusual/suspicious activity that may affect the backup/archive process via email or SNMP traps
• Enables remote firmware upgrades
• Provides remote diagnostics capabilities

Provides convenience and reliable management of the backup/archive process from anywhere in the world

Expandability/Scalability

NEO Series expandability/scalability features allow you to dynamically adjust your storage capacity and performance as your data storage needs change, adapting to ever-changing environments with a minimal amount of disruption while protecting your original library investment.

• NEOxl 40 can be scaled up to 280 cartridge slots and 21 tape drives, delivering enterprise-class functionality by simply adding up to 6 expansion modules to the base module
• Flexible expandability and scalability allow you to reconfigure multi-module units and redeploy them as needed

Provides the flexibility to meet changing data storage requirements

Removable Cartridge Magazines

NEO XL-Series removable cartridge magazines provide effortless media handling for loading/unloading of cartridges while facilitating off-line storage for disaster recovery purposes.

• Allows users to conveniently add/remove cartridges in their NEO XL-Series library
• Provides easy off-line handling of multiple cartridges
• Enables convenient off-line/off-site storage of cartridges for disaster recovery purpose
• Ensures more efficient media handling both inside and outside of a NEO XL-Series library

Reduces administrative overhead by making media handling more efficient and reliable

Upgradable Tape Drives

Avoid those costly upgrades when new tape technologies become available. With NEO XL-Series libraries, you can upgrade your drives and media on the fly. Installing and removing tape drives in is quick and easy. LTO drives maintain backward compatibility to previous generation tapes, so you won’t orphan any data during the upgrade process. This approach not only protects your investment, but also minimizes administrative overhead, and reduces service/maintenance costs.

• Users can easily remove/replace tape drives to provide effortless upgrades to next-generation tape drive technologies
• Downtime costs are eliminated by enabling end user replacement of tape drives (no waiting for a service tech to show up)
• Tape drives can easily be added to existing tape libraries for increased performance and efficiency
• Tape drives can be interchanged between NEO XL-Series libraries for increased investment protection

Protects your original library investment and reduces administrative overhead

Partitioning

NEO XL-Series partitioning capability allows you to configure a single physical library into multiple virtual libraries.

• Improves efficiency of the backup/archive process by enabling multi-tasking within the same library
• Provides you with the flexibility to configure a single NEO XL-Series library to interface with different backup servers, regardless of their connectivity type or application
• Protects your investment by allowing you to simultaneously use a single NEO XL-Series library with a variety of backup software applications

To maximize efficiency and improve cost of ownership

Effortless Installation and Configuration

Simplified installation and configuration improves efficiency and reduces administrative overhead by ensuring that you can begin your backup and archive process quickly.

• Intuitive management console provides clear, consise guidance on installing and configuring a NEO XL-Series library
• Web-based remote management provides additional levels of detail to easily customize the backup/archive process suited for your particular needs
• Seamless expansion of additional modules, or redeployment of scaled configurations, occurs quickly and efficiently

To improve efficiency and maximize your investment

Superior Density

The ability to store the maximum amount of data in the minimal amount of rack space ensure the best value for your IT budget.

• Packing over 1.8PB of data storage capability into a compact 3u form factor provides the most efficient use of valuable rack space
• The ability to scale up to 12.6PB of capacity in a single standard 21u rack further takes NEO XL-Series density leadership the next step further

Reduces cost of ownership and improves efficiency

Proven Reliability

Enterprise-class reliability ensures the availability of your company’s most valuable asset … your corporate data.

• With a reliability rating of 2,000,000 load/unload cycles, NEOxl 40 libraries provide the high reliability required by enterprise-class environments.
• Capitalizing on the NEO reputation for reliability, NEO XL-Series tape libraries provide the reliability and redundancy to ensure data availability.

Ensures data availability and reduces cost of ownership

With This Product You Can:

• Address small to medium enterprise backup and archive requirements with data storage capacities up to 12.6PB

• Meet backup windows and improve efficiency with high-performance data transfer rates up to 56.7TB/hr.

• Easily customize your capacity and performance to meet your data storage needs

• Reduce administrative costs with simplified configuration and management

• Lower your cost of ownership by reducing the amount of rack space, floor space, power and cooling typically needed for backup and archive applications

Flexible – Grow into, not out of, your storage

The scalable design of the NEOxl Series allows system administrators to customize their backup and archive solution by starting out with either a 3U, 40-slot or 6U, 80-slot single-drive library and scaling to as many as 560 slots and 42 tape drives. The seamless design of NEOxl libraries allows you to add both data cartridges and tape drives as you scale, instead of requiring you to choose between capacity or performance.

The scalable design of NEOxl libraries not only allows users to easily scale the library into a larger configuration, but it also enables simplified redeployment of individual modules into smaller applications. This flexibility makes NEOxl Series the most ideal, cost-effective solution for any midrange or enterprise environment.

Convenient – Minimize administrative overhead

NEOxl Series libraries provide convenient, simplified installation, setup and operation with a touch-screen operator control panel (NEOxl 80) or web-based remote management. Removable cartridge magazines facilitate the loading, unloading and offline storage of data cartridges, reducing media handling costs. Meanwhile, mail slots provide easy, secure access to individual tape cartridges without interrupting library operations, while NEOxl tape drives are easily added, removed or replaced to ensure effortless upgradeability and serviceability.

Cost-Effective – Get the best return on your investment

NEOxl Series libraries are designed to not only provide an affordable purchase price, but to deliver superior long-term value. NEOxl Series ease-of-use features and enterprise-class reliability ensure administrative, support and downtime costs are virtually eliminated, while the native partitioning functionality provides the ability to simultaneously use a single library in a variety of applications.

Dependable – Backup and archive you can count on

NEOxl Series libraries provide the reliability required by today’s demanding IT environments to ensure that your data is readily accessible and always available. Features such as redundant power provide access to your data in the event of a power disruption, while easily replaceable tape drives and tape library modules ensure seamless reconfiguration should a support event occur and require replacement.

Full specification and details can be found in the Product Datasheet PDF file