Dell PowerScale OneFS delivers enhanced performance, stronger security, and better scalability for enterprise-grade data storage.
AI leads digital transformation waves that are transforming operations and fostering innovation across sectors. AI must improve its support systems to realize its huge potential. The contemporary data center is at the center of this change. To prosper in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), and massive data creation, one must demand efficiency, scalability, and adaptability.
One thing is obvious in the fast-paced world of AI and HPC today: innovation depends on data. Businesses are creating and analyzing enormous volumes of data every day, from enabling state-of-the-art AI models to propelling advances in scientific research. The capacity to control, safeguard, and get value from this ocean of data is what sets leaders apart. The problem is that static repositories are no longer sufficient for storage. In order to satisfy the demands of expanding networked data, it must now be efficient while remaining flexible.
The challenge is being taken on by PowerScale. In addition to addressing today’s challenges, it gives IT decision-makers and data scientists the tools they need to stay ahead of the curve and adjust to their data requirements. 99% quicker data retrieval and up to 220% faster data ingestion are provided by PowerScale, which was introduced last year with AI-optimized all-flash portfolio. PowerScale helps clients of all sizes expand AI workloads effectively by surpassing requirements for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, NVIDIA Cloud Partner accreditation, and NVIDIA-certified Storage program. And that’s not all. With more innovations made to be flexible enough to adjust to your data center’s needs, we’re continuing road toward future-proof data center architecture.
Introducing PowerScale’s Newest Innovations with the Latest OneFS Release
The most recent announcements from PowerScale address important issues including system flexibility, operating efficiency, and storage density. enabling businesses to thrive in a world that is becoming more and more data-driven.
Using 122TB SSDs to double storage density for AI workloads
The key to updating data infrastructure is maximizing storage efficiency while lowering expenses. The first company to provide a 122TB QLC SSD business storage system is Dell Technologies. Customers can efficiently access nearly 6 PBs of storage per node with 122TB Solidigm QLC SSDs for all-flash PowerScale F910 and F710 nodes, which greatly lowers hardware requirements, operating expenses, and energy usage. This reduces your storage footprint while also improving performance with fast data access to power GPUs for AI model training. Opening the door for data centers that care more about the environment.
Improving Cluster Performance with Compute Flexibility
Additionally, PowerScale is launching the PA110 Accelerator Node, which is intended to address CPU bottlenecks and improve cluster performance as a whole. It is a replacement for the performance and backup accelerators of the P100 and B100 generations.
For organizations seeking to improve compute performance without needless capacity expansion, the most recent 1U accelerator node offers a flexible solution with independent scaling in single node increments. It successfully lowers your storage environment’s cost/performance ratio. With the option to add more frontend ports for the cluster, the PA110 additionally improves connectivity and increases cluster bandwidth to speed up job optimization.
IT administrators may optimize resource allocation in their data centers with the PA110, guaranteeing a productive workflow that enhances a contemporary, adaptable data center.
Using an Optimized Portfolio Mix to Scale Wisely
The H710, H7100, A310, and A3100 nodes in hard drive-based offering can now have their hardware updated with the most recent OneFS release. These platforms provide low-cost tiering for high-performance workloads throughout the PowerScale range and are node pool compatible with hybrid and archive platforms from earlier generations. The PowerScale portfolio is strengthened by the TCO-optimized A-Series and the balanced cost/performance H-Series nodes, which also reaffirm the company’s adaptability to your unique storage needs.
The updated nodes include the following features:
- Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids CPUs of the fourth generation
- DDR5 DRAM with up to 75% more bandwidth and speed
- NVMe M.2 persistent flash vault drives that speed up cache recovery and destage
- Better thermal performance lowering component stress and heat
- A 100% faster drive carrier has been updated for SAS drives.
- Later in 2025, support for the industry-leading 32 TB HAMR technology will be added, providing more density and a longer usable life.
Businesses now more than ever need to look beyond their immediate demands. Enterprise IT’s future depends on flexible infrastructure due to the quick growth of AI applications and the corresponding expenses. Additionally, PowerScale, the most adaptable scale-out NAS in the world, serves as the cornerstone of a contemporary data center.
With PowerScale’s most recent products, businesses can concentrate on advancing AI innovations without being constrained by rigidity and operational inefficiencies. The new generation Accelerator node and the updated HDD-based portfolio complement the PowerScale All-Flash nodes for a more intelligent and economical approach to meeting changing storage requirements. PowerScale lets you confidently scale AI data for long-term backups or daily operations.
If you’re ready to future-proof your infrastructure and unleash AI, HPC, and other capabilities, PowerScale can help your firm.