<s>
The	O
Snap	B-Application
Server	I-Application
is	O
a	O
network	B-Application
attached	I-Application
storage	I-Application
computer	B-Architecture
appliance	I-Architecture
sold	O
since	O
2008	O
by	O
Overland	O
Storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
2002	O
to	O
2004	O
it	O
was	O
sold	O
by	O
a	O
company	O
called	O
Snap	B-Application
Appliance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
modern	O
Snap	B-Application
Servers	I-Application
include	O
an	O
embedded	O
operating	O
system	O
called	O
GuardianOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GuardianOS	B-Application
is	O
a	O
UNIX-like	O
operating	O
system	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
mainstream	O
Linux	O
kernel	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
Snap	B-Application
Server	I-Application
line	O
of	O
network-attached	B-Application
storage	I-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
models	O
used	O
the	O
SnapOS	B-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
heavily	O
customized	O
BSD	O
flavor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SnapOS	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
Meridian	O
Data	O
for	O
the	O
Meridian	O
Data	O
Snap	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
31	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
,	O
an	O
estimated	O
150,000	O
Snap	B-Application
Servers	I-Application
had	O
been	O
sold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
Snap	B-Application
Servers	I-Application
are	O
visible	O
operating	O
on	O
the	O
open	O
Internet	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
generally	O
more	O
common	O
for	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
deployed	O
inside	O
corporate	O
intranets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ownership	O
of	O
the	O
Snap	B-Application
Appliance	I-Application
product	O
family	O
went	O
through	O
several	O
corporate	O
mergers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meridian	O
Data	O
(	O
founded	O
in	O
1994	O
as	O
Parallan	O
Computer	O
,	O
based	O
in	O
Scotts	O
Valley	O
,	O
California	O
)	O
had	O
been	O
shipping	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
servers	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
shrinking	O
market	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2002	O
Quantum	O
's	O
Snap	O
division	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
private	O
investors	O
for	O
about	O
$11	O
million	O
,	O
forming	O
Snap	B-Application
Appliance	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2004	O
Snap	B-Application
Appliance	I-Application
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Adaptec	O
for	O
about	O
$100	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2008	O
Overland	O
Storage	O
acquired	O
the	O
Snap	B-Application
server	I-Application
product	O
line	O
from	O
Adaptec	O
for	O
$3.6	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
