Exabyte-Scale Storage

Featured Exabyte Platforms

Broadberry offers validated exabyte-scale architectures based on leading software-defined storage platforms, each optimised for different workload requirements.

Choose the Right Software Platform

Each software platform is designed for different performance, scalability and operational priorities. Broadberry helps match the platform to the workload rather than forcing the workload to fit the platform.

What Changes at Exabyte Scale?

Architectural decisions that have little impact at smaller capacities becomecritical as environments scale. These are some of the key considerationsBroadberry evaluates when designing exabyte-scale storage.

Typical Exabyte Workloads

Broadberry designs exabyte-scale storage for environments where predictable growth, high throughput and data resilience are critical.

• AI/ML Data Lakes
• HPC
• Enterprise Backup & Disaster Recovery
• Media and Content Archives
• Cloud and Hosting Services
• Compliance and Long-Term Retention

Why Broadberry?

Broadberry combines server engineering, storage expertise and software platform knowledge to design architectures that continue performing as environments grow.

Common Questions About Exabyte-Scale Storage

What is exabyte-scale storage?

Exabyte-scale storage is designed to support massive data growth while maintaining performance, resilience and manageability. Rather than simply adding capacity, the architecture is engineered to scale compute, storage, networking and data protection together.

Do I need an exabyte of data to benefit from an exabyte-scale architecture?

No. Many exabyte-scale deployments begin at much smaller capacities and are designed to expand over time. Broadberry architects storage environments for predictable growth, helping organizations scale as data volumes and performance requirements increase.

How is usable capacity calculated?

Usable capacity is based on more than raw drive capacity. Broadberry accounts for protection overhead, metadata, spare capacity, operational reserve and future growth to determine the storage available for production data.

How do metadata requirements affect storage design?

Large file counts and high-concurrency workloads can place significant demands on metadata services. Broadberry sizes metadata tiers and performance storage to match workload requirements, helping maintain responsiveness as datasets grow.

How do you plan for rack failures?

Exabyte-scale architectures are designed around multiple failure domains, including drives, servers, chassis and racks. Broadberry plans data placement, protection policies and recovery workflows to help maintain availability during failures and maintenance.

Can the system expand without downtime?

Broadberry designs storage architectures for incremental growth, allowing capacity to be added by node, enclosure or rack while maintaining a consistent namespace and data protection strategy. Expansion methods vary by software platform and deployment architecture.

Plan for Growth Beyond Today's Capacity

Tell us about your workload, data growth, performance goals and software preferences. We'll design an architecture that scales with your environment today and supports future expansion.