FORM 4	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549	OMB APPROVAL
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).	STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB Number: 3235-0287 Expires: January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response. . .0.5 Filed By Romeo & Dye's Instant Form 4 Filer www.section16.net

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Gray, Martin D.	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Overland Storage, Inc. OVRL		6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)     Director                                   X 10% Owner     Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below)
(Last)      (First)     (Middle) 3236 Caminito Ameca	3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)	4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 12/11/2002
(Street) La Jolla, CA 92037-2901		5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)	7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person     Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)     (State)     (Zip)	Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/ Year)	3. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Follow- ing Reported Transactions(s) (Instr. 3 & 4)	6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	12/10/02		S		101	D	$13.00		D
Common Stock	12/10/02		S		5,300	D	$13.04		D
Common Stock	12/10/02		S		7,700	D	$13.05		D
Common Stock	12/10/02		S		700	D	$13.08		D
Common Stock	12/10/02		S		1,000	D	$13.10		D
Common Stock	12/10/02		M		1,667	A	$8.25		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		M		26,000	A	$6.60		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		21,400	D	$13.3354		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		12,399	D	$13.37		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		1,000	D	$13.38		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		100	D	$13.50		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		100	D	$13.60		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		100	D	$13.63		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		100	D	$13.88		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		9,300	D	$14.53		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		30,800	D	$14.55		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		9,700	D	$14.60		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		100	D	$14.61		D
Common Stock	12/11/02		S		100	D	$14.62	1,561,564	D

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FORM 4 (continued) Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans- action Date (Month/ Day/ Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/ Day/ Year)

4. Trans- action Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/ Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Owner- ship Form of Deriv- ative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira- tion Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$8.25

12/10/02

M

1,667

8/12/97

12/19/02(1)

Common Stock

1,667

0

D

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$6.60

12/11/02

M

26,000

(2)

12/19/02(3)

Common Stock

26,000

0(4)

D

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Pursuant to the terms of this stock option, vested shares under this option expire 30 days after the reporting person ceases to be a director, officer or employee of the issuer, which this date reflects.
(2) These options vested at the rate of 2,000 shares per Board meeting attended.
(3) Pursuant to the terms of this stock option, vested shares under this option expire 30 days after the reporting person ceases to be a director, officer or employee of the issuer, which this date reflects.
(4) Reflects the cancellation of 24,000 unvested shares when the reporting person ceased to be a director of the issuer on November 19, 2002.

By: /s/ Martin D. Gray
              
**Signature of Reporting Person December 11, 2002
Date

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