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vSAN - Virtual SAN

Broadberry's range of enterprise-grade VMware^® Virtual SAN Ready Systems come pre-configured and ready to be deployed within minutes.

Virtual SAN is radically simple, enterprise-class software-defined storage powering VMware hyper-converged infrastructure

Fixed Storage Resources:

Storage resources siloed
Limited capacity scale-up
Purpose-built appliance
Dedicated workload

Software-Defined Storage:

Hyper-converged platform
Scale-out performance and capacity
Efficient use of resources
Simplified scalability

Now more feature-rich than ever, Windows Server operating system works perfectly with our open-standards storage solutions.

Windows Storage Spaces Direct

Storage Spaces Direct uses industry-standard servers with local-attached drives to create highly ava...

Starwind VSAN

StarWind VSAN eliminates any need in physical shared storage by simply mirroring internal hard disks...

Data Core SANsymphony

With DataCore, you can preserve past investments and avoid hardware vendor lock-in while modernising...

Windows Server 2016

The first of the two of the most relevant changes in Windows Server 2016 compared to the previous ed...

Windows Server 2019

Broadberry storage solutions configured with Windows Server 2019 feature scorching fast performance ...

Windows Storage Server 2016

Microsoft Windows Storage Server is based on the Windows Server operating system, and it is specific...

Compatible with all major operating systems, the CyberStore range of open storage servers can be pre-configured with these storage operating systems.

Open-E DSS

Open-E Data Storage Software V7 is a Linux-based data storage software used for building and manag...

OS Nexus

QuantaStor is a unified Software Defined Storage (SDS) platform designed to scale up and out to make...

StorPool

StorPool is a block-storage software that uses standard hardware and builds a storage system out of ...

Excelero NVMesh

Excelero’s Software-Defined Storage NVMesh enables customers to design Server SAN infrastructures...

Red Hat Ceph Storage

The power of Ceph can transform your organisation's IT infrastructure and your ability to manage vas...

Redhat Gluster

Overwhelmed by growing data stores? Easily manage all your big, unstructured, and semistructured dat...

Open-E JovianDSS

Open-E JovianDSS is a ZFS- and Linux-based Data Storage Software designed especially for enterprise-...

FreeNAS

FreeNAS is the simplest way to create a centralised and easily accessible place for your data. Use F...

Openfiler

Openfiler is a free storage operating system which provides file-based as well as block-based networ...

NAS4Free

NAS4Free is an embedded Open Source NAS distribution based on the latest FreeBSD 11-1 releases which...

NexentaStor

NexentaStor is an OpenSolaris or more recently Illumos distribution optimised for virtualisation, st...

Rockstor

Rockstor Personal Cloud Server is a powerful local alternative to public cloud storage that mitigate...

Amahi

Amahi is software that runs on a dedicated PC as a central computer for your home. It handles your e...

Configure your CyberStore storage appliance with a wide range of open-source operating systems for an enterprise-grade, cost-effective storage solution.

CentOS

The CentOS Project is a community-driven free software effort focused on delivering a robust open so...

Ubuntu

Ubuntu Server brings economic and technical scalability to your datacentre, public or private. Wheth...

Debian

The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free oper...

OpenSuse

OpenSUSE is a Linux-based project and distribution sponsored by SUSE Linux GmbH and other companies ...

Arch Linux

Arch Linux is a Linux distribution for computers based on x86-64 architectures, composed predominant...

FreeBSD

FreeBSD is an operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. A lar...

OpenIndiana

OpenIndiana is a free and open-source, Unix operating system derived from OpenSolaris and based on i...

Fedora

Fedora Server is a short-lifecycle, community-supported server operating system that enables seaso...

Redhat Linux

If your business requires a stable, reliable and high performing storage appliance then the Broadber...

BeeGFS

If you are in need of flexible, fast and simple-to-manage storage, BeeGFS is a great file system for...

LizardFS

LizardFS software defined storage is a highly available and geo-redundant distributed file system. ...

CEPH

If massive scalability is a requirement, configuring your Broadberry CyberStore Storage Appliance wi...

Gluster

The Broadberry CyberStore Appliance configured with Gluster is designed to excel at high capacity ta...

Microsoft Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V is a virtualisation software that not only virtualises operating systems but is c...

VMware

Established in 1998, VMware offers a variety of different software and applications for virtualisati...

Broadberry vSAN Models

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Storage Configuration	Hybrid Configurations Hard drives for capacity, SSDs for cache	All-Flash Configurations SATA SSDs for capacity, NVMe SSDs for cache
Nodes	2U, 4 Node	2U, 4 Node	2U, 4 Node	2U, 1 Node
VMware VSAN Profile	Hybrid 2 (HY-2)	Hybrid 4 (HY-4)	Hybrid 6 (HY-6)	Hybrid 8 (HY-8)	All-Flash 6 (AF-6)	All-Flash 8 (AF-8)
VMs per node	Up to 20	Up to 30	Up to 50	Up to 100	Up to 60	Up to 120
IOPs per node	4K IOPs	10K IOPs	20K IOPs	40K IOPs	50K IOPs	80K IOPs
Processor	Intel XeonSP Family
Memory	32 GB	128 GB	256 GB	384 GB	256 GB	384 GB
RAW Storage Capacity	2 TB	4 TB	8 TB	12 TB	8 TB	12 TB
	Configure	Configure	Configure	Configure	Configure	Configure

Storage Configuration

Hybrid Configurations Hard drives for capacity, SSDs for cache

All-Flash Configurations SATA SSDs for capacity, NVMe SSDs for cache

Nodes

2U, 4 Node

2U, 1 Node

VMware VSAN Profile

Hybrid 2 (HY-2)

Hybrid 4 (HY-4)

Hybrid 6 (HY-6)

Hybrid 8 (HY-8)

All-Flash 6 (AF-6)

All-Flash 8 (AF-8)

VMs per node

Up to 20

Up to 30

Up to 50

Up to 100

Up to 60

Up to 120

IOPs per node

4K IOPs

10K IOPs

20K IOPs

40K IOPs

50K IOPs

80K IOPs

Processor

Intel XeonSP Family

Memory

32 GB

128 GB

256 GB

384 GB

256 GB

384 GB

RAW Storage Capacity

2 TB

4 TB

8 TB

12 TB

8 TB

12 TB

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Intel VSAN Ready Nodes

Designing, testing and validating an SDS solution can be a complex and resource-intensive process. VSAN Ready Nodes from Intel are fully-validated, pre-configured server systems with VMware VSAN certifications included. Designed to address the challenges of storage modernization, this offering helps resellers reduce complexity and speed time to market.

VSAN Ready Nodes from Intel are powered by the latest Intel® technology, and include Intel® Server Boards and Chassis, Intel® Xeon® processors, Intel® Solid State Drives (SSDs), and third-party memory in configurations optimized and pre-certified for VMware VSAN.

What Virtual SAN Does

Enables You to Respond 10X Faster

Respond to dynamic business needs 10x faster with a simplified infrastructure that allows compute and storage to be effortlessly managed as one. Reduce hardware silos, automate provisioning and change management, and scale your infrastructure easily as your business grows. Eliminate traditional performance tuning and sizing tasks and get more out of your resources with a fully flash-optimised HCI.

Scales to Tomorrow

Prepare for tomorrow's dynamic business in the cross-cloud era with a solution designed to leverage the latest hardware technologies and ready to support a wide range of applications, from business critical applications to next-gen applications using containers. Enjoy a common storage platform for your applications, whether running on-premises or off-premises, and use it as a stepping-stone to the cloud. When combined with NSX, a VSAN powered SDDC stack can extend on-premise storage and management services across different public clouds ensuring a consistent experience.

Reduces TCO By 50%

Reduce total cost of ownership by 50% by eliminating traditional hardware storage costs with intelligent software-defined storage that accelerates the shift to server economics, affordable flash, and the broadest selection of x86 platforms for HCI. Reduce operational expenses with rapid deployment and simplified day-to-day management using VM-level automation and one familiar management tool, vCenter.