CloudFest 2026, Europapark Rust
At CloudFest 2026 from March 23 – 26, visitors could explore the latest in hard disk drive technology and discover how Toshiba, along with its core partners, can help faster implement and optimize cloud storage solutions.
This year’s highlights:
- UGREEN NAS devices: We showcased a range of UGREEN network storage systems — from compact 2‑bay models to larger 8‑bay versions — and compared their performance and storage capacity.
- Performance demo of a 60‑bay storage server: We set up a powerful server with space for 60 hard drives and a total of 1 petabyte of storage. Running on TrueNAS and ideal for data analytics, classical machine learning, and CPU‑based AI workloads, it also offered a smooth upgrade path towards GPU‑accelerated AI.
- 2 petabytes of storage in action: Over 100 hard drives with 24 TB each were combined in this setup. Using JovianDSS from Open‑E, we demonstrated the performance of the ZFS file system in a real‑world scenario.
- Live demo of a 1.3‑petabyte cluster: A full storage cluster built with a 60‑bay Promise JBOD and a mix of hardware and software RAID, were shown live in operation.
Returning this year: Our HDD experts Rainer Kaese’s keynote on the most recent HDD topics and our popular Crash and Win raffle, only at CloudFest!
Event Details
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Keynote:
The Sustainability of Hard Disk Drives
In his presentation, Senior Manager Rainer W. Kaese explained that hard drives continue to dominate large‑scale storage because long‑standing, stable standards—such as the 3.5‑inch form factor and SAS/SATA interfaces—ensure decades of backward and forward compatibility, enabling reliable, cost‑efficient scaling as capacities advance.”
March 25th, 12:40 – 1:00 pm, Location: Das Studio
The recording can be watched further below or via this link on our YouTube channel!
Raffle
Crash and win
The visitors of Toshiba’s booth had the chance to win storage solutions by Toshiba in collaboration with their partners UGREEN and PROMISE. For this purpose, we set up a system with 60 Toshiba drives to test how tough they stand up during hot removal. The participants of the raffle had to pull a random drive and if the system crashed, they won.
Tuesday 24th, 5pm
2x N300 4TB + UGREEN 2-Bay NAS (DH2300)
Wednesday 25th, 5pm
1x PROMISE Pegasus32 R4 16TB
Thursday 26th, 3pm
2x N300 4TB + UGREEN 2-Bay NAS (DH2300)
Impressions CloudFest 2026
Keynote by Rainer Kaese at CloudFest 2026
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