Dell PowerScale is the world’s first Ethernet storage solution, which has been validated with NVIDIA’s DGX SuperPOD, and includes powerful DGX H100 systems. This collaboration between Dell and NVIDIA is designed to help customers achieve faster and more efficient AI storage. The integration of these advanced technologies allows for handling vast amounts of data at unprecedented speeds, thereby accelerating the process of training AI models. Furthermore, the efficiency of AI storage is significantly improved, reducing required resources and optimizing performance. This innovative solution is a testament to Dell’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology and delivering cutting-edge solutions to its customers. With the PowerScale storage solution, Dell is paving the way for the future of AI data storage.
PowerScale is the ultimate foundation for GenAI, including the following:
- Refining GenAI Models with unparalleled adaptability and protection: PowerScale’s scalable architecture allows organizations to seamlessly increase their storage capacity as required, guaranteeing the necessary resources to enhance GenAI models and extract valuable insights. Furthermore, the robust security features of PowerScale, driven by the OneFS operating system, assure organizations that their data is safeguarded at all times.
- Easy data access with high-speed Ethernet: Many data centers still use Ethernet as the primary networking connectivity, allowing PowerScale to fit easily. NVIDIA Magnum IO, GPUDirect Storage, and NFS over RDMA are inherently integrated into NVIDIA ConnectX-6 NICs to expedite network access to storage. These technologies aid PowerScale in ensuring that data transfer times are reduced, resulting in quicker storage throughput for AI training, checkpointing, and inferencing. This flawless fusion of storage and computation enables organizations to optimize the performance of their AI workloads while reducing latency.
- Boosting performance with intelligent scale-out features: Beyond providing rapid data access, PowerScale introduces a novel Multipath Client Driver that boosts GPU usage and optimizes performance. This cutting-edge feature guarantees that organizations can reach the high-performance benchmarks set by the DGX SuperPOD, effortlessly facilitating the acceleration of AI model training and inference.
For more on the PowerScale NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD certification, see h19971-powerscale-ethernet-superpod-certification.pdf (delltechnologies.com).