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NEO Series Tape Libraries and Autoloaders

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How To Buy

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The NEO 100s brings easy, affordable high-capacity backup and archive capability to small office environments on a limited budget. Packing up to 27TB in a compact 1u form factor, the NEO 100s combines ease-of-use features and dependable operation to make efficient, cost-effective offline storage a reality for the most budget-challenged business. The simplicity of the NEO 100s also makes it an ideal solution for remote office locations looking to reliably protect important data and move it offsite. And if your current data protection strategy involves copying/moving data to a single, desktop tape drive or a tape drive contained in your server, NEO 100s provides the convenience and reliability of automated data backup, making NEO 100s the ideal 1st step into automated backup and archive.

With This Product You Can...

  • Affordably backup or archive up to 144TB of data
  • Effortlessly manage your backup and archive processes from anywhere in the world
  • Add tape drives as needed for increased performance and enhanced efficiency
 

Features
 

LTFS

LTFS functionality allows a tape cartridge to look just like a file system in which a the cartridge can be "mounted" just like a hard drive or thumb drive.
 
Highlights
  • Drag and drop functionality and familiar directory tree interface ensures simplicity and ease of use
  • Linux, Windows, and Mac drive availability ensures wide spread compatibility
  • Facilitates tape media interchange
  • Reduces cost of ownership by eliminating the need for backup software
Why You Need It...
  • Ensures fast, efficient, easy-to-use, affordable archive of file system data
 

Remote Management

NEO Series remote management provides intelligent, proactive administration and monitoring of the tape library, tape drives and media, ensuring a seamless backup and archive process.
 
Highlights
  • 10/100-BaseT Ethernet connection
  • Provides tape drive and tape cartridge status information
  • Enables remote configuration activities
  • Alerts user to unusual/suspicious activity that may affect the backup/archive process via email or SNMP traps
  • Enables remote firmware upgrades
  • Provides remote diagnostics capabilities
Why You Need It...
  • Provides convenient and reliable management of the backup/archive process from anywhere in the world
 

Removable Cartridge Magazines

NEO Series removable cartridge magazines provide effortless media handling for loading/unloading of cartridges while facilitating off-line storage for disaster recovery purposes.
 
Highlights
  • Allows users to conveniently add/remove cartridges in their NEO 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 Series library
Why You Need It...
  • Reduces administrative overhead by making media handling more efficient and reliable
 

Upgradable Tape Drives

Avoid those dreaded forklift upgrades when new tape technologies become available. With NEO 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.
 
Highlights
  • 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 libraries for increased investment protection
Why You Need It...
  • Protects your original library investment and reduces administrative overhead
 

Encryption

Provides increased data security to prevent unauthorized access to highly sensitive or
mission-critical data.
 
Highlights
    • Monitor I/O trends
    • Detect bottlenecks
    • Improve overall performance
Why You Need It...
  • To prevent unauthorized access of confidential data
 

Partitioning

NEO Series partitioning capability allows you to configure a single physical library into multiple virtual libraries.
 
Highlights
  • Improves efficiency of the backup/archive process by enabling multi-tasking within the same library
  • Enables you to configure a single NEO library to interface with different backup servers, regardless of their connectivity type (SCSI, SAS, FC, etc.)
  • Protects your investment by allowing you to simultaneously use a single NEO library with a variety of backup software applications
Why You Need It...
  • To maximize efficiency and improve cost of ownership
 
   

NEO 100s Technical Specifications

NEO 100s
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NEO 100s Specifications

# of tape cartridge slots 9
# of tape drives 1
# of mail slots 1
Tape drives supported LTO6, LTO5, LTO4
Minimum Capacity LTO6: 22.5TB
LTO5: 13.5TB
LTO4: 7.2TB
Maximum Capacity LTO6: 56.3TB
LTO5: 27TB
LTO4: 14.4TB
Minimum data transfer rate LTO6: 576GB/hr
LTO5: 504GB/hr
LTO4: 432GB/hr
Maximum data transfer rate LTO6: 1.4TB/hr
LTO5: 1TB/hr
LTO4: 864GB/hr
Interfaces 6Gb SAS
Connectors Mini-SAS
Form Factor 1u
Dimensions (inches - unpackaged) 1.73"(h) x 19.02"(w) x 33.46"(d)
Dimensions (inches – shipping) TBD
Power Requirements 110 watts (max)
Input Requirements 100 to 240 VAC, 50 to 60 Hz
Humidity (non-condensing; operating) 20% to 80%
Temperature range (operating) 50° to 100.4° F (10° to 38° C)
Reliability 3,000,000 MCBF (robotic load/unload cycles)
Standard Warranty 1-year Overland Care Level 1: 2-business day advanced parts replacement; 24x7 telephone support

Accessories

LTO4/LTO5 media
LTO cleaning cartridges
SAS connectivity kit
SAS host cables
LTO4/LTO5 barcode labels
9-slot magazines

Support Options

OverlandCare for NEO 100s  
OverlandCare Level 1 (24x7 Phone/2 Biz Day Adv. Parts Replace), 3-Yr Uplift,  NEO 100s EWCAREL1U-N100S
OverlandCare Level 1 (24x7 Phone/2 Biz Day Adv. Parts Replace), 1-Yr Extension, NEO 100s EWCAREL1E-N100S
OverlandCare Level 1 (24x7 Phone/2 Biz Day Adv. Parts Replace), 1-Yr Uplift, NEO 100s EWCAREL1R-N100S