Supermicro SuperStorage SSG-641E-E1CR36L 90-Bay Top-Load JBOD Server

The Supermicro SuperStorage SSG-641E-E1CR36L is a purpose-built 90-bay top-load JBOD server designed to address the exponentially growing demands of cold data archival, bulk object storage, and high-density nearline workloads. Built on a 4U form factor with a top-loading drive bay architecture, the system accommodates up to 90 large-form-factor 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hard drives, enabling organizations to achieve petabyte-scale raw storage capacity within a single chassis. The top-load mechanical design facilitates rapid drive servicing without the need to slide the unit out of the rack, significantly reducing maintenance downtime in densely populated data center environments.

At the architectural core, the SSG-641E-E1CR36L integrates Supermicro's proven SuperStorage platform with an Intel Xeon Scalable (4th Gen, Sapphire Rapids) processor foundation, paired with high-throughput SAS4 expander technology to deliver full bandwidth access across all 90 drive bays simultaneously. The system supports 12Gb/s SAS and SATA interfaces per drive slot, ensuring compatibility with the latest high-capacity nearline SAS and SATA HDDs from all major drive manufacturers. Redundant power supplies and hot-swap fan modules maintain continuous operation in mission-critical environments, while intelligent BMC-based management through Supermicro's IPMI 2.0 and Redfish-compatible interface provides granular telemetry, predictive failure monitoring, and remote administration capabilities.

Targeted at cloud service providers, media and entertainment archives, healthcare imaging repositories, and enterprise backup infrastructure teams, the SSG-641E-E1CR36L stands out for its extraordinary storage density relative to rack unit consumption. With drives such as 20TB or 22TB nearline HDDs installed across all 90 bays, the platform can deliver raw capacities exceeding 1.98PB in a single 4U unit, making it one of the most space-efficient high-capacity JBOD solutions available for modern scale-out storage clusters. Compatibility with leading software-defined storage stacks including Ceph, MinIO, and Lustre further positions this system as a versatile building block for hyperscale and enterprise archive tiers.

Ideal for

• Petabyte-scale cold data archival in enterprise data lakes requiring maximum drive density per rack unit
• Object storage back-end nodes in private and hybrid cloud environments running software-defined storage platforms such as Ceph or MinIO
• Media and entertainment asset repositories storing raw 4K/8K video, camera originals, and long-term production archives
• Healthcare PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) requiring high-capacity, always-accessible medical imaging storage
• Large-scale enterprise backup and disaster recovery target storage, serving as secondary or tertiary retention tiers
• High-energy physics, genomics, and scientific research data repositories demanding sequential write throughput across massive unstructured datasets

Technical specifications

Available from Omnixon Global. Submit an RFQ and our team will confirm configuration and availability for your order.