Hammerspace hammers MLPerf Storage benchmark results
Hammerspace claims it has set new records in the MLPerf Storage 1.0 benchmark with its Tier 0 storage beating DDN Lustre more than 16x at the same client count.
The...
PEAK:AIO finding widespread use of small language models in sub-20 GPU datacenters
Interview: PEAK:AIO says on-prem small language model (SML) AI training is practical for specific subject areas because it serves locally stored data to GPU servers.
Contrary to a common idea...
Storage news ticker – November 22
Cloud backup and storage supplier Backblaze announced the launch of a proposed follow-on public offering of $30,000,000 of shares of its Class A common stock. In addition, Backblaze expects...
IBM updates Storage Ceph platform across the board
IBM Storage Ceph is a software-defined storage platform for enterprises that combines the open source Ceph storage system with a management platform, deployment utilities, and support services. Storage Ceph...
Qumulo lays claim to ‘fastest’ enterprise cloud data platform title after hitting 1 TB/sec
Qumulo says its Cloud Native Qumulo on AWS achieved over a terabyte per second throughput and more than one million IOPS using standard Network File System clients.
The company's Core...
Quantum wants to claw its way back to profitability – and growth
Analysis. Quantum has been wading through the mire. After two reverse stock splits, a hyperscaler tape system buying stop, a second set of financial reporting problems, and an abrupt...
Hitachi Vantara adds Nvidia HGX GPUs to iQ framework
Hitachi Vantara is making Nvidia’s HGX part of its IQ GenAI infrastructure range.
The main storage system suppliers are all scrambling to provide customers with reference architecture-type frameworks that place...
DDN supplying storage for xAI’s Colossus supercomputer
DDN storage is being used in an expansion phase of Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus supercomputer.
Grok is xAI’s name for its large language model, while Colossus is the GPU server-based...
Pure Storage’s FlashBlade//S500 gains Nvidia SuperPOD certification
Pure Storage has announced certification of its FlashBlade//S500 storage with Nvidia’s DGX SuperPOD along with a new GenAI Pod system for inferencing.
The FlashBlade//S500 is a high-end, performance-optimized FlashBlade system,...
DDN boosts A³I IO speeds and IOPS for Nvidia AI workloads
DDN announced a fourth generation of the A³I (Accelerated, Any-Scale AI) system at SC24, increasing both its sequential data access and random read IOPS.
The A³I systems are storage systems...
Dell expands lakehouse and AI server range at SC24
Dell is extending its AI Factory range at the Supercomputing 2024 (SC24) event in Atlanta with Data Lakehouse and AI-focused server announcements.
It says the Data Lakehouse updates provide modern...
Arcitecta and Wasabi team up to simplify cloud storage
Data orchestrator Arcitecta is partnering with Wasabi Technologies to allow organizations to integrate Wasabi’s “hot” cloud storage into their workflows.
Arcitecta provides MediaFlux Universal Data System products covering file and...