Workload Assessment
Read/write patterns,
throughput and application
requirements.
Capacity Planning
Usable capacity,
protection overhead and
future growth.
Platform Selection
Match enclosure size,
drive type and density to the
workload.
Data Path Design
Size HBAs or RAID controllers,
SAS paths, cables and
bandwidth.
Resilience & Validation
Plan path redundancy,
failover, serviceability and
testing.
Lifecycle Support
Expansion planning,
replacement and ongoing
support.
The right platform depends on capacity, workload, rack space, host connectivity and resilience requirements.
| If you need | Recommended Platform | Design Highlight |
| Compact storage expansion | CyberStore 212A-JBOD | 12 bays, 2U, up to 240TB |
| Redundant storage paths | CyberStore-SAS424 | Dual I/O, 24 bays, mixed media |
| High-density local capacity | CyberStore 460A-JBOD | 60 bays, up to 1.2PB |
| Maximum rack-scale density | CyberStore 4U102 | 102 drives, up to 2PB |
A 12Gb/s SAS connection alone does not determine storage performance or availability. Broadberry designs the complete path from the host to the drives.
Sized around capacity, performance and application requirements.
Size ports, expanders and cabling around workload.
Account for protection, spares and operational reserve.
Plan hot-swap access, monitoring, and maintenance.
Direct-attached storage is well suited to workloads that benefit from high-capacity storage located close to the server or application.
| Workload | Why DAS / JBOD |
| Backup & Recovery | Large local repositories with predictable backup and restore paths |
| Media Ingest & Post | Sustained throughput without another storage-network hop |
| Scientific Instruments | High-capacity local landing space for instrument and sensor data |
| Surveillance | Dense recording capacity for known camera and retention requirements |
| Software-Defined Storage | Direct drive access for host-managed storage stacks |
| Analytics & AI Data | Keep large datasets close to compute resources |
The workload and media requirements determine which direct-attached architecture makes sense.
Choose SAS JBOD for Capacity
SAS JBOD is well suited to high drive density, HDD economics, mature multipath support and straightforward external storage expansion.
Consider JBOF for NVMe Performance
For workloads requiring direct access to NVMe SSDs, Broadberry JBOF systems provide low-latency flash storage for ingest, analytics, HPC and other performance-intensive workloads.
Broadberry designs, integrates and validates the complete direct-attached storage path, helping ensure the server, enclosure, drives, controller and cabling work together as one solution.
Designed around application and performance requirements.
Vendor-neutral enterprise components from leading technology partners.
All-flash and hybrid architectures tailored to your workload.
Support from system design through deployment and future expansion.
Broadberry Direct-Attached Storage appliances, also known as JBOD's (Just A Bunch Of Disks) easily and cost-effectively expand the storage of any server with an external SAS port.
Once connected, Broadberry DAS storage appliances are seen as though the additional storage provided is internal to the server or workstation, this basic, direct connectivity between the server and the DAS unit ensures easy set-up and fantastic performance.
This means Microsoft Windows or any other compatible operating system will see the device as an internal device, which can then be partitioned and formatted just like any other internal hard drive or raid array.
The Broadberry CyberStore DAS is connected directly using the latest SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) technology, so the device is as fast, and in most cases even faster, than the drives that are already inside the Server or workstation.
Broadberry provide a wide range of Direct Attached Storage servers (DAS), scaling from entry level 1U units with 4 hot-swappable hard drives to our 4U appliance with room for 60 drives. Our DAS servers include redundant power supplies and have a choice of hardware RAID levels including RAID level 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD.
The CyberStore DAS range is designed to excel in both high I/O transaction and high bandwidth processing allowing steaming video or data backup applications to run faster than ever.
Offering mission critical, fault tolerant designs that include RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD, hot-swappable drive bays, redundant power supplies & fans. It also features user friendly software for quick set-up and monitoring, maximizing data protection to keep your application running 24/7. The CyberStore DAS is an ideal direct attached external disk array subsystem that provides superior performance for any and all applications with the lowest Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in its class.
Powered by Avago Technologies MegaRAID 9380-8e controller card, the Broadberry CyberStore DAS range is ideal for Hyperscale, datacenter, and high-performance computing environments requiring large amounts of storage capacity with ultra-fast performance.
Offering up to double the data transfer rate of 6Gb/s SAS solutions, Broadberry 12Gb/s direct-attached storage allows the SAS infrastructure to deliver bandwidth that can fully utilize that of PCI Express® 3.0.
The MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e delivers two 1.2GHz PowerPC® processor cores and a 72-bit DDR3 interface that drives 1GB cache memory. Powered by the LSI SAS 3108 dual-core ROC, the 9380-8e controller includes the latest PCI Express 3.0 and 12Gb/s SAS technology and is designed for configuring external storage enclosures with high-performance SAS hard drives, high-capacity SATA hard drives or application-accelerating solid state drives (SSDs).
Built-In Enterprise Data Protection
A new enterprise feature employed by the Broadberry CyberStore-DAS's 12Gb/ SAS controllers is advanced drive diagnostic technology.
In the event of a physical drive failure, the drive is placed in shield state and the MegaRAID controller starts drive diagnostics to determine if the drive is indeed failed or can be restored. This saves you time, money and lost compute time associated with transient drive failures.
Broadberry CyberStore-DAS Controller Card:
- Provides external JBOD expansion and RAID data protection to address a wide range of storage performance and capacity requirements.
- Support critical, high-bandwidth applications with PCIe 3.0 connectivity
- Balance protection and performance for critical applications with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
- Add more protection and peace of mind with optional CacheVault® flash cache protection.
Daisychain multiple JBOD units to create one large storage pool, providing terabytes of 12Gb/s SAS/SATA storage at a fantatic price.
The Cyberstor DAS Storage Systems can be daisy chained together to create one or many central storage pools. All attached storage units can be managed as if they were one large unit with up to 128 drives per SAS port.
And you don’t have to stop at 128 drives, as you have an option for dual port PCI-Express or PCI-X SAS Controllers, and you can also have as many controllers as your server or workstation can support, so having 512 Drives attached and managed by one server or workstation is no longer an impossible mission.
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