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Overland Storage
Overland Storage was founded in 1980 as "Overland Data" in San Diego, California, and is a provider of data protection appliances for midrange and distributed enterprises...
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All modern Snap Servers include an embedded operating system called GuardianOS. The GuardianOS is a UNIX-like operating system based on the mainstream Linux kernel, and is used on the Snap Server line of network-attached storage devices. Older models used the SnapOS, which is a heavily customized BSD flavor. The SnapOS was originally created by Meridian Data for the Meridian Data Snap! Server, and shipped on products from May 1998 through February 2006.
Quantum had shipped more than 90,000 Snap Servers worldwide as of
December 31, 2001. , an estimated 150,000 Snap Servers have been sold worldwide. Many Snap Servers are visible operating on the open Internet, although it is generally more common for them to be deployed inside corporate intranets.
History
The ownership of the Snap Appliance product family has gone through several corporate mergers:- In May 1998 Meridian Data began shipping the Meridian Data Snap! Server.
- In December 1999 Meridian Data was purchased by Quantum Corp.Quantum Corp.Quantum Corporation is a manufacturer of tape drive, tape automation, data deduplication storage products and scalable file storage software, based in San Jose, California...
for ~$85M. - In October 2002 Quantum's Snap Division was purchased by private investors for ~$11M, forming Snap Appliance.
- In July 2004 Snap Appliance was purchased by AdaptecAdaptecAdaptec is a computer hardware brand owned by PMC-Sierra that is used on some of its host adapters for connecting storage devices to computers. The production line of Adaptec is in Indonesia. Products are made to interface with SCSI, Serial ATA, and Serial attached SCSI. Some of its host adapters...
for ~$100M. - In July 2008 Overland StorageOverland StorageOverland Storage was founded in 1980 as "Overland Data" in San Diego, California, and is a provider of data protection appliances for midrange and distributed enterprises...
acquired the Snap server product line from Adaptec for $3.6M.