READING, UK – 24th NOVEMBER 2025 – GB Labs is excited to announce the launch of SPACE NVME and SPACE NVME Plus, its latest all-NVMe storage solutions designed to deliver unparalleled performance, flexibility, and efficiency to media professionals, at an unprecedented price point.
SPACE NVME
SPACE NVME is a high-performance 1U NAS featuring 8 NVMe drives, delivering up to 10 GB/s throughput to the network. It comes equipped with dual 100GbE connectivity as standard, with the flexibility to expand network I/O as needed.
SPACE NVME Plus
SPACE NVME Plus steps up to a 2U chassis with 20 NVMe drives, achieving a remarkable 30 GB/s of network performance. It features dual 200GbE networking and supports capacities up to 1.2 petabyte — all within just 2U of rack space.
SPACE NVME HDD EX
A cost-effective hybrid expansion for the SPACE NVME range, expanding from 64TB to over 4PB.
This exceptional storage density allows customers to achieve extraordinary capacity and throughput without consuming excessive rack space. Additionally, the solid-state design and compact form factor contribute to exceptional energy efficiency, resulting in significant savings on power and cooling costs. These systems are not only faster but also smarter investments for long-term operation.
Innovative Expandability with Spinning Disks
A standout feature of the SPACE NVMe range is its expandability with spinning disks — a rarity in NVMe storage solutions. Traditionally, expanding NVMe systems is complex due to their substantial demands on processor resources, often requiring intricate clustering systems or being entirely unfeasible.
GB Labs has innovatively addressed this by enabling customers to seamlessly integrate additional storage using the SPACE NVMe EX — a dual-path SAS HDD expander. This solution significantly increases storage capacity at a reduced cost while maintaining high performance.
Hybrid NVMe + HDD Architecture
This hybrid approach builds upon the previous success of GB Labs’ HyperSPACE technology, intelligently combining the high-speed performance of NVMe SSDs with the vast capacity of HDDs. In many scenarios, this synergy not only maintains but enhances overall system performance.
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NVMe drives handle the majority of read operations, delivering rapid data access.
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HDDs efficiently manage write operations.
This division of labor ensures that adding spinning disks does not compromise speed; instead, it optimizes efficiency and throughput.
Flexible Tiering and Allocation
The NVMe systems offer remarkable flexibility:
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Customers can allocate, for example, 20% of NVMe capacity as the read tier for HDD-based volumes, keeping the remaining 80% as pure NVMe storage.
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Alternatively, the entire NVMe system can accelerate one or many HDD volumes.
This dynamic allocation allows organizations to scale their storage infrastructure according to specific performance and capacity needs, providing a cost-effective and efficient solution for large-scale data workflows.
Pricing
Pricing for the SPACE NVMe series starts from approximately $333 per terabyte for pure NVMe configurations.
When expanded with spinning disks in a hybrid setup, the cost per terabyte is significantly reduced, offering an even more economical solution without sacrificing performance.
CORE OS 5.5 Included
Both SPACE NVMe systems ship with GB Labs’ brand-new CORE OS 5.5, built on its new kernel designed to enhance system efficiency, performance, and security.
