Snap Server

The Snap Server is a network attached storage computer appliance currently sold by Overland Storage.

All modern Snap Servers include an embedded operating system called GuardianOS. [cite web|url=http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/nas/software/GuardianOS/|title=GuardianOS|publisher=Adaptec|accessdate=2007-02-10] 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 ofDecember 31, 2001. [cite pressrelease|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-19-2002/0001689836&EDATE=|title=Snap Server Products Address Mission-Critical Storage Needs At Nellis Air Force Base|date=March 19, 2002] As of the end of 2003, an estimated 150,000 Snap Servers have been sold worldwide.Fact|date=February 2007 Many Snap Servers are visible operating on the open Internet [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=intitle%3ASnap.Server+inurl%3AFunc%3D] , 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.Fact|date=June 2007
*In December 1999 Meridian Data was purchased by Quantum Corp. for ~$85M.Fact|date=June 2007
*In October 2002 Quantum's Snap Division was purchased by private investors for ~$11M, forming Snap Appliance. [cite news|url=http://news.com.com/2100-1001_3-962145.html|title=Quantum tries again to spin off Snap|first=Stephen|last=Shankland|date=October 15, 2002|accessdate=2007-02-10|publisher=CNet]
*In July 2004 Snap Appliance was purchased by Adaptec for ~$100M. [cite news|first=John S.|last=McCright|url=http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1623236,00.asp|date=July 13, 2004|accessdate=2007-02-10|title=Adaptec Buys Snap Appliance|publisher=eweek]
* In July 2008 Overland Storage acquired the Snap server product line from Adaptec for $3.6M. [cite news|first=Dave |last=Raffo|url=http://searchsmbstorage.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid188_gci1319368,00.html?track=NL-52&ad=647600&asrc=EM_NLN_3950294&uid=215677#|date=July 1, 200|accessdate=2008-07-01|title=Overland Storage buys Snap Server NAS family from Adaptec|publisher=TechTarget]

References

External links

* [http://www.snapserver.com/ Snap Server web page]
* [http://wiki.procooling.com/index.php/Snap_Server Snap Server wiki hosted by Procooling]
* [http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/05/21/snap-server-data-recovery-inode/ SnapOS how it works]
* [http://www.whysnap.com/ Snap Server Resource Guide - 200+ Snap Server Web Resources (technical information, reviews, awards, analyst quotes and customer deployment scenarios)]