DDN Appliance Combines AI Storage And NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs For Enhanced Full-Stack Data Center And Cloud Efficiency

DDN AI Software and Advanced NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU Integration to Optimize AI Datapath at Rack-Scale for Data Centers, Sovereign AI, and the Cloud

San Jose, CA /PRNewswire/ - (GTC, DDN Booth #816) -- DDN®, the global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-cloud data management solutions, today demonstrated its reference architecture, which integrates NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs into DDN EXAScaler® and Infinia storage appliances. Benefits extend to the full end-to-end AI data center stack, synergizing with networking platforms such as NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet for accelerating multi-tenant AI clouds.

DDN's reference architecture, integrated with NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs, utilizes the processing power of client-side DPUs to intelligently offload many critical functions such as S3 API calls, thereby delivering extraordinarily low latency at any scale. The added ability to distribute data operations to client or storage DPUs is critical for effective management and processing of AI data for generative AI clouds and data centers.

"Delivering AI acceleration is a full-stack problem and integrating our storage systems with BlueField-3 DPUs will allow us to deliver efficient storage services to a wider range of applications," said Sven Oehme, chief technology officer at DDN. "This move toward disaggregating services will allow us to scale systems as generative AI and large language models continue to grow in model size and enterprise popularity at breakneck pace."

DDN has a long history of working with NVIDIA, building solutions that deliver the highest value, performance and power efficiency for AI at rack- and data center-scale. As organizations deploy AI infrastructures in their data centers and in the cloud, the need for generative AI and AI frameworks to operate and scale reliably and cost-effectively has become increasingly important.

"DDN has seamlessly integrated NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs into its storage solutions, enabling organizations to scale their AI infrastructures with enhanced efficiency and delivering exceptional performance and value at rack- and data center-scale," said Rob Davis, vice president of storage technology at NVIDIA.

DDN will be exhibiting its DDN Infinia and EXAScaler solutions with NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs at booth #816 at NVIDIA GTC, a global AI conference, running through March 21.

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DDN is a leading global provider of data storage and data management solutions at scale. We accelerate AI and High Performance Computing workflows and applications in data centers, private and public clouds, and at the edge. Thanks to our technology, over 11,000 customers realize significant efficiencies in their GPU and CPU compute farms, substantially reducing their data center power consumption and footprint. Utilizing highly optimized flash technology and AI-enabled software, our products power some of the largest and most demanding customers in the world in fields such as autonomous driving, AI chatbots, healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, energy, government, public sector, and research institutions, as well as generative AI and data analytics applications. Explore our offerings further at ddn.com.