All orders Built, Shipped & Supported from within the European Union
All orders Built, Shipped & Supported from within the European Union
Software Defined Storage is the concept of having storage infrastructure controlled and automated by intelligent software, rather than the hardware itself.
Our range of software defined storage servers can have huge benefits for your business. Through the years Broadberry’s server and storage solutions have been presented with a number of awards, consistently besting the likes of HPE, DELL and Fujitsu to be named “Best Storage Appliance” and “Best Server” by leading magazines.
Almost three decades of providing award-winning, enterprise-grade solutions has allowed us to attract some of the world’s largest names as clients, including the likes of NASA, Sony, Sky, the BBC, Virgin, Toshiba, Toyota, ITV, CERN and many more.
Broadberry supply a wide range of software defined storage types, including -
2U, 12 Drive Bays, SAS / SATA Rackmount Storage Server
2U, 24 Drive Bays, SAS / SATA Rackmount Storage Server
3U, 16 Drive Bays, SAS / SATA Rackmount Storage Server
4U, 24 Drive Bays, SAS / SATA Rackmount Storage Server
Ultra High-Density 4U, 72 Drive Bays, SAS / SATA Rackmount Storage Server
Large Capacity 4U, 36 Drive Bays, SAS / SATA Rackmount Storage Server
4U ZFS-based Enterprise-Grade Storage Appliance
2U, Dual AMD EPYC 9004 Processors, Supports 3x Dual Slot GPU Cards, Ideal for Video Production, Virtualisation & 2000W Reduandant PSU, Supports GRAID, 24x NVMe Hot Swap Drive Bays.
Large Capacity 4U, 90 Drive Bays, SAS / SATA Rackmount Storage Server
In today’s world, Broadberry customers demand zero downtime. Downtime can be disastrous for many companies, often leading to financial losses for you and a boost for your competitors.
SDS is the next step in the quest for more highly available, flexible and cost-effective storage solutions that separate the storage software from its hardware.
Software defined storage is built to perform on any industry-standard or x86 system, shedding the software’s reliance on proprietary hardware, unlike traditional storage area network (SAN) and traditional networked-attached storage (NAS) symptoms. Old-school traditional storage is monolithic, essentially sold as a bundle of hardware and proprietary software. The real advantage and usefulness of SDS is in the fact that its independent from any particular hardware.
SDS does not actually separate the storage itself from the hardware. Instead its just a layer of your technology stack that provides a multitude of services using industry standard servers rather than proprietary hardware. SDS does not abstract what’s actually stored, rather the things that control storage requests. It is a software layer between the physical storage and the data request that enables you to decide how and where data is stored.
One vital area where you can enjoy benefits is with the addition of a number of significant protocols. Many leading server providers charge extra for key protocols, while with Broadberry software defined storage these protocols are included for free. Thin provisioning, data deduplication, iSCSI, fibre channel (FC), NFS, SMB (CIFS), compression and deduplication for improved performance, data resilvering, replication, auto tiering, backup, snapshots, disaster recovery and many more protocols are available with your Broadberry SDS server.
You’re also able to take full advantage of virtualisation as our servers are compatible with VMware and Hyper-V, and can be used to create a software defined data centre.
As all features are built into the software, there’s minimal setup of hardware necessary. A lower cost in hardware and a lower cost of maintenance are two perks you enjoy when you choose a Broadberry software defined storage server.
More openness, more efficiency and a lower TCO are the hallmarks of Broadberry SDS servers. Expansion through JBODs is easy and cost-effective, you add as you need and pay as you grow.
Broadberry SDS servers offer flexibility, allowing you to configure and deploy storage systems your way. Choosing the type of hardware and whether to deploy on container, virtual or cloud platforms.
Because of this, its possible to utilise existing hardware rather than needing to purchase a new set of hardware to add functionality. Not only will it extend the life of existing storage assets but it aids in avoiding hardware lock-in and decreases the overall TCO. SDS is future proof and features independence from hardware vendor lock-in.
With Broadberry you’ll never suffer from vendor lock-in, a very common practice in this industry.
When you aren’t bound by vendor lock-in, you’re able to enjoy full choice in the type of hardware you use with your server. You’re able to choose the hardware accessories that best fit both your budget and your functional requirements.
The freedom you have to switch your software whenever you want is invaluable in the long run. The business is forever changing and evolving. If you are limited by vendor lock-in, it could leave you unable to take advantage of opportunities that become available.
With Broadberry, you can sleep soundly at night knowing that if you ever want to change software, either to upgrade or to take advantage of a better fit, you won’t be blocked from doing so.
As your business continues to grow, as will your requirements for storage. The lack of vendor lock-in, the wide range compatibility, the huge efficiency, the lowered cost and the freedom to make your own choice regarding your choice in hardware.
Broadberry SDS servers feature full compatibility with all major server operating systems, including the likes of Open-E DSS Jovian, Windows Storage Spaces Direct, Nexenta, FreeNAS, OSNexus and many more. You will have the full range of options available to your business.
Broadberry’s range of enterprise grade software defined storage solutions are ideal for improving the power, the efficiency and the quality of your data centre.
Configure your CyberStore storage appliance with a wide range of open-source operating systems for an enterprise-grade, cost-effective storage solution.
Overwhelmed by growing data stores? Easily manage all your big, unstructured, and semistructured data in physical, virtual, and cloud environments with our limitless storage.
Redhat Gluster
Overwhelmed by growing data stores? Easily manage all your big, unstructured, and semistructured dat
The CentOS Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open source ecosystem. For users, we offer a consistent manageable platform that suits a wide variety of deployments. For open source communities, we offer a solid, predictable base to build upon, along with extensive resources to build, test, release, and maintain their code.
CentOS
The CentOS Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open so
Ubuntu Server brings economic and technical scalability to your datacentre, public or private. Whether you want to deploy an OpenStack cloud, a Hadoop cluster or a 50,000-node render farm, Ubuntu Server delivers the best value scale-out performance available.
Ubuntu
Ubuntu Server brings economic and technical scalability to your datacentre, public or private. Wheth
The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system that we have created is called Debian. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. At the core of an operating system is the kernel. The kernel is the most fundamental program on the computer and does all the basic housekeeping and lets you start other programs.
Debian
The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free oper
OpenSUSE is a Linux-based project and distribution sponsored by SUSE Linux GmbH and other companies which is widely used throughout the world. The focus of its development is creating usable open-source tools for software developers and system administrators, while providing a user-friendly desktop and feature-rich server environment.
OpenSuse
OpenSUSE is a Linux-based project and distribution sponsored by SUSE Linux GmbH and other companies
Arch Linux is a Linux distribution for computers based on x86-64 architectures, composed predominantly of free and open-source software. The design approach of the development team follows the KISS principle ("keep it simple, stupid") as the general guideline, and focuses on elegance, code correctness, minimalism and simplicity, and expects the user to be willing to make some effort to understand the system's operation.
Arch Linux
Arch Linux is a Linux distribution for computers based on x86-64 architectures, composed predominant
FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. A large community has continually developed it for more than thirty years. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the busiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking and storage devices.
FreeBSD
FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. A lar
OpenIndiana is a free and open-source, Unix operating system derived from OpenSolaris and based on illumos. Developers forked OpenSolaris after Oracle Corporation discontinued it, in order to continue development and distribution of the source code. OpenIndiana's developers strive to make it "the defacto OpenSolaris distribution installed on production servers where security and bug fixes are required free of charge".
OpenIndiana
OpenIndiana is a free and open-source, Unix operating system derived from OpenSolaris and based on i
Fedora Server is a short-lifecycle, community-supported server operating system that enables seasoned system administrators experienced with any OS to make use of the very latest server-based technologies available in the open source community.
Fedora
Fedora Server is a short-lifecycle, community-supported server operating system that enables seaso
Compatible with all major operating systems, the CyberStore range of open storage servers can be pre-configured with these storage operating systems.
Open-E Data Storage Software V7 is a Linux-based data storage software used for building and managing centralized data storage servers - NAS and SAN
Open-E DSS
Open-E Data Storage Software V7 is a Linux-based data storage software used for building and manag
QuantaStor is a unified Software Defined Storage (SDS) platform designed to scale up and out to make storage management easy while reducing overall enterprise storage costs
OS Nexus
QuantaStor is a unified Software Defined Storage (SDS) platform designed to scale up and out to make
StorPool is a block-storage software that uses standard hardware and builds a storage system out of this hardware. It is installed on the servers and creates a shared storage pool from their local drives in these servers. Compared to traditional SANs, all-flash arrays, or other storage software StorPool is faster, more reliable and scalable.
StorPool
StorPool is a block-storage software that uses standard hardware and builds a storage system out of
Excelero’s Software-Defined Storage NVMesh enables customers to design Server SAN infrastructures for the most demanding enterprise and cloud-scale applications, leveraging standard servers and multiple tiers of flash. The primary benefit of NVMesh is that it enables true converged infrastructures by logically disaggregating storage from compute.
Excelero NVMesh
Excelero’s Software-Defined Storage NVMesh enables customers to design Server SAN infrastructures
The power of Ceph can transform your organisation's IT infrastructure and your ability to manage vast amounts of data. If your organization runs applications with different storage interface needs, Ceph is for you! Ceph's foundation is the Reliable Autonomic Distributed Object Store (RADOS), which provides your applications with object, block, and file system storage in a single unified storage cluster-making Ceph flexible, highly reliable and easy for you to manage.
Red Hat Ceph Storage
The power of Ceph can transform your organisation's IT infrastructure and your ability to manage vas
Open-E JovianDSS is a ZFS- and Linux-based Data Storage Software designed especially for enterprise-sized Software Defined Storage environments.
Open-E JovianDSS
Open-E JovianDSS is a ZFS- and Linux-based Data Storage Software designed especially for enterprise-
FreeNAS is the simplest way to create a centralised and easily accessible place for your data. Use FreeNAS with ZFS to protect, store, backup, all of your data. FreeNAS is used everywhere, for the home, small business, and the enterprise.
FreeNAS
FreeNAS is the simplest way to create a centralised and easily accessible place for your data. Use F
Openfiler is a free storage operating system which provides file-based as well as block-based network attached storage. Developed by Xinit Systems, Openfiler is based on rPath Linux distribution.
Openfiler
Openfiler is a free storage operating system which provides file-based as well as block-based networ
NAS4Free is an embedded Open Source NAS distribution based on the latest FreeBSD 11-1 releases which supports sharing across a range of operating systems including Windows, Apple and UNIX-like systems.
NAS4Free
NAS4Free is an embedded Open Source NAS distribution based on the latest FreeBSD 11-1 releases which
NexentaStor is an OpenSolaris or more recently Illumos distribution optimised for virtualisation, storage area networks, network-attached storage, and iSCSI or Fibre Channel applications employing the ZFS file system.
NexentaStor
NexentaStor is an OpenSolaris or more recently Illumos distribution optimised for virtualisation, st
Rockstor Personal Cloud Server is a powerful local alternative to public cloud storage that mitigates the cost and risks of public cloud storage.
Rockstor
Rockstor Personal Cloud Server is a powerful local alternative to public cloud storage that mitigate
Amahi is software that runs on a dedicated PC as a central computer for your home. It handles your entertainment, storage, and computing needs.
Amahi
Amahi is software that runs on a dedicated PC as a central computer for your home. It handles your e
Now more feature-rich than ever, Windows Server operating system works perfectly with our open-standards storage solutions.
Storage Spaces Direct uses industry-standard servers with local-attached drives to create highly available, highly scalable software-defined storage at a fraction of the cost of traditional SAN or NAS arrays. Its converged or hyper-converged architecture radically simplifies procurement and deployment, while features like caching, storage tiers, and erasure coding, together with the latest hardware innovation like RDMA networking and NVMe drives, deliver unrivaled efficiency and performance.
Windows Storage Spaces Direct
Storage Spaces Direct uses industry-standard servers with local-attached drives to create highly ava
StarWind VSAN eliminates any need in physical shared storage by simply mirroring internal hard disks and flash between hypervisor servers. It reduces virtualization expenses (both capital and operational) by utilizing hardware resources for the same workload. StarWind VSAN maintains high performance and data high availability on minimalistic resources thanks to unique StarWind developed technologies. StarWind Virtual SAN delivers performance and reliability using commercial off-the-shelf hardware, removing the need for costly proprietary components.
Starwind VSAN
StarWind VSAN eliminates any need in physical shared storage by simply mirroring internal hard disks
With DataCore, you can preserve past investments and avoid hardware vendor lock-in while modernising IT. Digital transformation means embracing new technologies and modes of operation, but it simply isn't practical to "rip and replace" your entire storage infrastructure. DataCore pioneered software-based storage virtualisation, and its products have been deployed at more than 10,000 customer sites worldwide. More recently, DataCore has applied its technology to new challenges, including database optimisation through its MaxParallel for SQL Server product.
Data Core SANsymphony
With DataCore, you can preserve past investments and avoid hardware vendor lock-in while modernising
Microsoft Windows Storage Server is based on the Windows Server operating system, and it is specifically optimized for use with network-attached storage devices. Windows Storage Server offers you a platform to build storage appliances that are customised for your hardware.
Windows Storage Server 2016
Microsoft Windows Storage Server is based on the Windows Server operating system, and it is specific
The Broadberry CyberStore range of unified storage servers support all major file systems for maximum compatibility.
The Broadberry CyberStore range of unified storage servers support all major file systems for maximum compatibility.
Our Rigorous TestingBefore leaving our UK workshop, all Broadberry server and storage solutions undergo a rigorous 48 hour testing procedure. This, along with the high-quality industry leading components ensures all of our server and storage solutions meet the strictest quality guidelines demanded from us.
Un-Equaled FlexibilityOur main objective is to offer great value, high-quality server and storage solutions, we understand that every company has different requirements and as such are able to offer un-equaled flexibility in designing custom server and storage solutions to meet our clients' needs.
We have established ourselves as one of the biggest storage providers in the UK, and since 1989 supplied our server and storage solutions to the world's biggest brands. Our customers include:
CyberServe Ryzen RY1-104
A core-heavy Ryzen rack server at an entry-level price ...
| April 01, 2024
CyberServe Xeon SP1-102 NVMe G4
A small, powerful, and affordable rack server.
Broadberry gets edgy with a great value rack server...
| December 01, 2023
Intel M50CYP2UR208 Coyote Pass Server - 8 Drive Bays. SAS/SATA/NVME
A mighty server package for the price with a big helping of blisteringly fast Intel Optane 200 PMEMs...
| August 02, 2021
Broadberry CyberStore Xeon SP2-490-G3
A big storage appliance for big data with a powerful hardware package and great performance...
| December 05, 2022
Call Our EU Sales Team Now| German / English: | +49 89 1208 5600 |
| French / English: | +33 1 72 81 06 78 |
