Overview
Don’t let the entry-level price point fool you — the NEOs T24 is a powerful backup and archive solution designed for small businesses or remote locations. Packing up to 1,080TB of storage capacity in a compact 2U form factor, the NEOs T24 delivers amazing capabilities in a compact form factor and provides affordable, dependable, easy to use backup and archive capability for a variety of data center environments.
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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
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
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
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
Comparison
| HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS | NEOs T24 | NEOs StorageLoader |
|---|---|---|
| # of cartridge slots | 24 | 8 |
| # of mail slots | 1 | 1 |
| # of tape drives | 1-2 | 1 |
| Form factor | 2u rackmount | 1u rackmount |
| Tape drive types supported | LTO-7, LTO-8, LTO-9 | LTO-7, LTO-8, LTO-9 |
| Interfaces | 6Gb SAS, 12Gb SAS, 8Gb FC | 6Gb SAS, 12Gb SAS, 8Gb FC |
| Max. capacity (TB) | 1,080 | 360 |
| Max. data transfer rate (TB/hr.) | 5.4 | 2.7 |
| Dimensions (inches) | 3.44" x 17.6" x 29.13" | 1.73" x 18.98" x 31.85" |
| Dimensions (mm) | 87.4mm x 447.0mm x 739.9mm | 43.94mm x 482.1mm x 808.7mm |
| Weight with packaging | 64 lbs. / 29kg | 53 lbs. / 24kg |
| Reliability | >2,000,000 MCBF (mean cycles between failures); Less than 5 minutes MTTR (mean time to repair) | >2,000,000 MCBF (mean cycles between failures); Less than 10 minutes MTTR (mean time to repair) |
| Power | 160 watts | 80 watts |
| Standard Warranty | NEO Series libraries include a three-year OverlandCare Bronze Support Coverage, which includes 5 x 9 telephone support and advanced parts replacement |
NEO Series libraries include a three-year OverlandCare Bronze Support Coverage, which includes 5 x 9 telephone support and advanced parts replacement |