NetApp Launches Comprehensive Enterprise-Grade Data Platform for Artificial Intelligence

As the AI era moves from the experimental stage to mission-critical agent applications, having AI-ready data on a modern, enterprise-grade infrastructure becomes key to delivering real-world results for AI-driven organizations.

According to NetApp, the new NetApp AFX system separates performance and storage capacity thanks to the disaggregated NetApp ONTAP architecture, running on the new NetApp AFX 1K storage system.

NetApp AI Data Engine is a unified and secure extension of ONTAP, integrated with NVIDIA's AI Data Platform reference design, to help organizations simplify and secure the entire AI data process – all managed through a unified console.

The combination of NetApp AFX and AI Data Engine unifies high-performance storage with intelligent data services in a unified, secure, and scalable solution, accelerating the deployment of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) AI across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

With NetApp AFX and AI Data Engine, NetApp's data platform ensures all relevant data is always AI-ready.

With the new NetApp AFX systems, customers have a proven, trusted choice in on-premises enterprise storage, built on a comprehensive data foundation to further accelerate AI innovation, said Syam Nair, Chief Product Officer at NetApp.

NetApp AI Data Engine enables customers to seamlessly connect all their data assets across hybrid and multi-cloud environments to form a unified data platform. Enterprises can significantly accelerate their AI data processes by integrating multiple data preparation and management steps into NetApp AI Data Engine – built on NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platform and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software suite, with capabilities such as semantic search, data vectorization, and data protection and controls.

To accelerate modern AI workloads, NetApp is introducing a range of new features, including:

NetApp AFX : is an enterprise-grade all-flash storage system with a disaggregated architecture, specifically designed for demanding AI workloads. NetApp AFX is the core data platform for AI factories.

It is a certified storage solution for the NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD supercomputer, powered by NetApp ONTAP – the industry-leading storage operating system trusted by tens of thousands of enterprise customers worldwide to manage exabytes of data.

NetApp AI Data Engine (AIDE) : NetApp AIDE is a comprehensive AI data service designed to help businesses simplify, save costs, and secure AI deployments. From data collection and preparation to serving GenAI applications, AIDE provides a holistic, real-time view of a customer's entire NetApp data asset, enables rapid data discovery and organization, and seamlessly connects data to any model or tool in both on-premises and public cloud environments.

AIDE automatically detects data changes and synchronizes, eliminating redundant copies and ensuring data is always up to date. Built-in safeguards monitor data throughout the AI lifecycle to ensure security and privacy.

Object API – Seamless access to Azure Data and AI services: Customers can now access Azure NetApp Files data via the Object REST API, currently in public preview. This new feature eliminates the need for customers to move or copy file data to a separate object store when using Azure services, instead, NFS and SMB datasets can connect directly.

Customers can analyze data, train AI models, enable intelligent search, and build modern applications directly on existing ANF datasets – all while taking advantage of the enterprise-grade performance and reliability of Azure NetApp Files.

Upgraded global unified namespace in Microsoft Azure : Enterprises can now seamlessly consolidate their entire global data assets between cloud and on-premises environments in Microsoft Azure, thanks to the new FlexCache feature on Azure NetApp Files.

This capability also extends support for on-premises workloads such as Electronic Design Automation. Data stored on other ONTAP systems in the customer's data center or across various clouds can now be displayed and written directly into the ANF environment.

Additionally, businesses can easily move data and snapshots between environments through SnapMirror, supporting hybrid use cases such as continuous backup, automated disaster recovery, and workload balancing across environments.

LE LAM

Source: https://nhandan.vn/netapp-ra-mat-nen-tang-du-lieu-toan-dien-cap-doanh-nghiep-cho-tri-tue-nhan-tao-post917546.html