A reliable and effective operating system, FreeBSD is used by millions of people all around the world, including many big-name companies and brands. Delivering great performance, versatility and with an easy installation process, FreeBSD is one of the best operating systems you could choose to run on your new CyberStore Storage Appliance.
FreeBSD is an all-around strong performing OS. Its reliability and stability are impressive, as is the high level of performance it can deliver on our CyberStore Storage Appliances.
This software is a complete operating system environment with a kernel, shell tool and device drivers. It differs here from the majority of Linux-based OS's, as they tend to have separately developed kernel, userland utilities and application.
There are many useful emulation tools built into this software, which allows for installation of 3rd party software packages. The majority of which employ the FreeBSD ports system.
FreeBSD-based systems can be integrated with other systems on the same network, even if they are using different operating systems. This is due to the software supporting a wide range of networking protocols. Some of these include TCP/IP, Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP), AppleTalk, IPv6, IPSec and Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX).
The installation process is quite straightforward. There is a graphical installer that will help guide you through the process. If you wish, you can have one of our talented Broadberry engineers take this challenge off your hands and complete the full installation for you.
There are over 24 thousand ported libraries and applications that are supported by FreeBSD. It is very versatile in that sense. In fact, FreeBSD can execute Linux binaries despite Linux being unable to execute BSD binaries.
As it is open source and comes with the source code, this software can be moulded to better fit your needs. Its adaptability is one of its biggest assets.
FreeBSD is open software and as the name suggests, it is completely free to use. Open source software has many benefits beyond the obvious financial perks. When a software is open source, the source code is available for anyone to take a look at.
Because of this, open source software is often a lot more secure and works better than proprietary software. And the reason for this is as simple as open source having more eyes on it so problems get identified quickly. Whereas with proprietary software, only the development team can view source code.
FreeBSD is a feature rich operating system, the kind of system you would normally expect to be sold at an expensive price. The fact that it is completely free makes it a very appealing option to use with our CyberStore Storage Appliances.
There is a very strong community of developers and users around FreeBSD. If you ever have any problem, you can very quickly go online and get a response from one of the many thousands of active members of the FreeBSD community.
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Broadberry's range of CyberServe appliances are top value solutions that can be specifically configured to best meet the requirements of your business.
These systems possess features that you will likely not be able to find anywhere else, one of these being its universal compatibility with all major operating systems.
With the Broadberry CyberServe range of open hardware, all you need is one box and you'll have the freedom to run whichever operating system best meets your requirements. You won't be forced to buy a whole new box any time you want to try a new operating system.
Another key feature is the fact that Broadberry solutions are never vendor locked. Many brands in this industry "vendor lock", meaning they don't allow you to use 3rd party hardware with their servers. If you want to use any additional hardware, you are going to have to stick to their chosen and branded items which most of the time are more expensive than if you were to buy from someone else.
With Broadberry, you'll always have the freedom to choose whatever 3rd party hardware you want. We never vendor lock and we will never limit what hardware you can use in conjunction with your CyberServe server appliance.
Broadberry have built up a strong reputation of being one of the most reliable and cost-effective server technology providers in this industry. Its this fact that has over the years that has allowed us to serve some of the largest organisations in the world such as Toshiba, Sky, Virgin, SONY, Toyota, ESPN, the BBC and many more.
With Broadberry CyberServe server solutions, you get solutions that are the highest quality in terms of reliability, consistency and performance in ratio to cost.
Low Powered servers from $660
Perfect Appliance Servers, the CyberServe range of Intel Atom based rack servers are designed for light processing tasks. Designed and built for the appliance server market where an extremely low power consumption of less than 10W is required and 100% server up-time is of up most importance. Configurable with up to 64GB DDR4 RAM and 16 processing cores.
Single Processor servers from $1,088
Superb Business Class Servers, the CyberServe Xeon E range is based on Intel Xeon processors. An ideal fit for companies looking for an affordable and efficient system, the CyberServe Xeon E range is designed to be configurable with up to 64GB DDR4 RAM, with a single processor.
3rd Gen servers from $1,666
Perfect Enterprise-Class Servers, the CyberServe SP3 Dual Xeon rack mount range is based on Intel Xeon Scalable Processor family. Delivering significant benefits in performance, power efficiency, virtualisation, and security. Servers are configurable with up to 12TB DDR4 RAM and 80 processing cores
4th/5th Gen servers from $2,619
Perfect Enterprise-Class Servers, Broadberry server solutions powered by 4th & 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors are built to improve performance in AI, data analytics, networking and HPC. Boasting the most built-in accelerators of any CPU on the market, revolutionary security technology on-chip, PCIe Gen 5, DDR5 memory and CXL to reduce compute latency and lower TCO
Single Processor servers from $0
Perfect Data Center Servers, powered by single AMD EPYC 7003 series processors, this range reduces licensing costs by up to 50%. Providing up to 64 cores, 4TB of memory, and 128 lanes of PCIe 4.0 connectivity delivering double the I/O performance over PCIe 3.0, single-socket EPYC servers satisfy most of your workload needs.
7003 Series servers from $2,348
Perfect Data Center Servers, powered by dual AMD EPYC 7003 series processors, this range boasts the I/O, memory, and bandwidth to satisfy your needs. Providing up to 64 cores, 4TB of memory, and 128 lanes of PCIe 4.0 connectivity delivering double the I/O performance over PCIe 3.0, dual-socket EPYC servers provide market-leading performance.
9004 Series servers from $4,375
Ideal Data Centre Servers, Broadberry server solutions powered by AMD EPYC 9004 Series Processors feature the performance, I/O, memory and security features to help IT professionals excel. Introducing support for up to 12x high performance DDR5 DIMMS as well as much anticipated PCIe Gen 5 I/O in single and dual socket processor configurations for faster time to results and exceptional energy efficiency.
Ryzen Series servers from $2,755
The Best Value for Small Business Servers, The Broadberry range of Ryzen Series Processors offer fast and reliable entry-level servers that are perfect for business applications. Deploy enterprise-class platforms with server-grade features like error correction code (ECC) memory. Enhance data security with built-in security features that effectively ward off threats.
Cloud servers from $4,686
Perfect Datacenter Servers, the CyberServe range of Ampere® Altra® based computing platforms are designed for maximum efficiency per core at a low TCO. Specially designed to meet the most demanding workload requirements for high-performance data centers and power-constrained edge environments. Configurable with up to 9TB DDR4 RAM and 256 processing cores based on aarch64.
Grace Hopper servers from $41,701
The NVIDIA GH200 Grace Hopper™ Superchip is a revolutionary high-speed CPU built specifically for massive AI and high-performance computing (HPC) tasks. This superchip boosts performance by up to 10 times for applications running terabytes of data, enabling scientists and researchers to find groundbreaking solutions to the toughest global challenges.
Single Processor servers from $26,098
The Ultimate Workstation Solution, the CyberServe Xeon W range is based on Intel Xeon processors. Broadberry's Intel® Xeon® W-3400 series servers provide the ultimate workstation platform for powering the next generation of compute-intensive professional workloads.
Quad Processor servers from $4,559
Excellent Enterprise-Class Servers the CyberServe Quad Xeon rack mount server range is based on Intel Xeon Scalable Processor family. Capable of reaching scorching fast speeds, the solutions in this range can thrive in even the most computationally intense environments.
Single Processor servers from $908
Excellent Business Class Servers, the CyberServe XE3® range is based on Intel® Xeon E3-1200 v6 processors. A perfect fit value-conscious companies searching for an effective and affordable system, CyberServe XE3® range is built for use as an entry level / mid-level server. Servers in this range are configurable with up to 64GB DDR4 RAM and 4 processing cores, with a single processor.
Dual Processor servers from $942
Perfect Enterprise-Class Servers the CyberServe XE5 2600 rack mount range are based on dual Intel Xeon E5 2600 v4 processors. Delivering significant benefits in performance, power efficiency, virtualization and security. Servers are configurable with up to 1.5TB DDR4 RAM and 44 processing cores.
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.
2U, 12 Drive Bays, SAS / SATA Rackmount Storage Server
2U, 12 Drive Bays, SAS/SATA Rackmount Storage Server with 4x NVMe
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
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Ideal for HPC, Big Data & Analytics. 3x PCI-E 4.0 x16 expansion slots. Redundant power supply. 90 3.5"/2.5" Hot-swap SAS3/SATA3 drives, 2x Fixed slim SATA SSD, 2x NVMe M.2.
The Broadberry CyberStore range of enterprise-grade storage servers are designed and built for a wide-range of storage applications.
Completely customisable from processing to storage type and capacity, to operating system - the CyberStore range is your go-to storage platform.
The CyberStore range of storage servers are used by the world's largest organisations from the BBC, to the CERN project, governement institutions, universities and much more.
Year-after-year, the Broadberry CyberStore range of unified storage appliances has beaten the likes of Dell and HPE to be crowned "Best Storage Appliance" by PC Pro magazine.
When compared to the likes of DELL, HPE, EMC etc, the Broadberry CyberStore range of enterprise-grade unified storage appliances is up to 60% cheaper, although using the same quality components such as Seagate drives and Kingston RAM.
The Bradberry CyberStore range has been built from industry-leading commodity hardware, and carefully designed to ensuure full compatibility with leading storage operating systems and database engines.
Broadberry enterprise storage appliances are on average 86% lower cost than EMC and 55% lower cost than DELL although built using the same leading-brand server components such as Intel processors and Samsung memory. HPE hard drives are rebadged Toshiba enterprise-class drives, the exact same models as found in Broadberry storage appliances.
When you buy a Broadberry storage appliance all drive bays are supplied with caddies - so if in 6 months time you decide to expand the storage you can source it freely from the marketplace or ourselves if you wish. The only way to add hard drives to HPE servers is to buy the drives along with caddies from HPE for 200% the price of Broadberry's price.
Broadberry storage appliances come with enterprise-grade features like IPMI included, whereas HPE charge large fees for perpetual licences for the same features.
Our website allows you to configure your server online with accurate prices, as opposed to NetApp who require several face-to-face meetings with them before they'll give you a price.
Over recent years there's been a massive move from the world's largest organisations such as Google to purchase their servers from the likes of Broadberry rather than DELL and HPE. This move is fuelled by the rise in commodity hardware.
Before leaving our build and configuration facility, all of our server and storage solutions undergo an extensive 48 hour testing procedure. This, along with the high quality industry leading components ensures all of our systems meet the strictest quality guidelines.
Our 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 a complete customization service to provide server and storage solutions that meet your individual needs.
We have established ourselves as one of the biggest storage providers in the US, and since 1989 been trusted as the preferred supplier of server and storage solutions to some of the world's biggest brands, including: