Powering the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure

The landscape of artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly, and today marks a pivotal milestone in the collaboration between NetApp and NVIDIA. Through our longstanding collaboration, having jointly served many of the world’s most innovative companies in AI model training and inferencing. During this time, NetApp is established as a premier storage partner capable of meeting the demanding requirements of NVIDIA DGX BasePOD and NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, as well as other NVIDIA compute designs for next generation AI infrastructure.

We're proud to announce that the NetApp^® AFF A90 is now a certified storage solution for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, creating an ideal fusion of high-performance AI and data-management technology. Bringing the most secure storage on the planet to DGX SuperPOD deployments gives customers the enterprise data-management capabilities and scalable multitenancy they need to develop and operate high-performance AI factories and deploy agentic AI while eliminating data silos.

In the age of agentic AI, as autonomous systems become increasingly sophisticated in their ability to perceive, decide, and act, robust infrastructure support is essential. These systems demand substantial bandwidth and data access, and precise containment within appropriate operational boundaries.

The NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD with NetApp ONTAP^® storage addresses these challenges through an enterprise-grade converged infrastructure solution. Organizations can build secure, scalable AI centers of excellence while eliminating development silos and streamlining data access. The platform unites NVIDIA's accelerated computing with NetApp's sophisticated data management, backed by the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform with NVIDIA NIM microservices and NetApp ONTAP data management capabilities.

At the core of this solution is the NetApp AFF A90, powered by ONTAP data management software, which provides built-in data protection, anti-ransomware capabilities, and the high performance, scalability, and resilience needed for critical business workloads. When combined with the NVIDIA DGX B200 systems, which delivers 3 times the training performance and 15 times the inference performance of previous generations, organizations gain unprecedented computational power and storage efficiency.

NetApp has now achieved certification as a High-Performance Storage provider for NVIDIA Cloud Partners (NCPs) on NVIDIA HGX H200 and B200-based servers, enabling support for AI-managed services, compute as a service, and AI private cloud workloads. This certification means that service providers can deliver transformational AI and data services across secure multitenant environments.

With certification to support the NCP reference architecture with high-performance storage, NetApp can serve as the underlying storage for NCPs to power AI-managed services workloads. NetApp AFF A90 systems provide the powerful performance needed to help NCP network members offer transformational AI and data services on a robust and secure multitenant AI infrastructure.

NetApp now offers NetApp AIPod^™ for Enterprise Storage, certified to support NVIDIA-Certified Systems from system partners as part of the new NVIDIA-Certified Storage program. From servers based on NVIDIA L40S to NVIDIA HGX H200, NetApp is certified as high-performance storage to deliver enterprise-grade AI infrastructure with system partners. NetApp AiPod provides high-performance storage, scalability, and flexibility needed for enterprise AI.

While the potential to realize productivity gains, streamline operations, and unlock new revenue streams by using generative AI is compelling, and choosing the right infrastructure is crucial. NetApp AIPod is a turkney solution powered by NVIDIA accelerated computing, NVIDIA Spectrum-X networking, NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, and NetApp high-performance storage. NetApp AIPod offers a simple, scalable, and secure infrastructure that is optimized for inferencing and enterprise-grade AI.

NetApp is also enhancing the NetApp AIPod with Lenovo to provide greater flexibility for customers developing AI Infrastructure for inferencing and fine tuning. With new support for Red Hat OpenShift, and Lenovo Xclarity for observability, this streamlined architecture helps organizations capitalize on generative and agentic AI opportunities without requiring dedicated data science resources. Organizations can now develop infrastructure optimized for their projects by choosing between NetApp AFF A-Series and NetApp AFF C-Series systems. NetApp AIPod with Lenovo provides AI infrastructure that’s ready to accelerate your AI journey.

In addition, NetApp advances enterprise storage for agentic AI with NetApp AIPod, built with the NVIDIA AI Data Platform. The platform is a customizable reference design guide for a new class of AI infrastructure that integrates storage with NVIDIA-accelerated computing to power AI agents with near real-time business insights. As an enterprise storage leader for AI workloads, the NetApp AIPod can use the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design guide to improve the performance and accuracy of agentic AI workflows.

Domino Volumes for NetApp ONTAP is now live. Enterprises using NetApp ONTAP and Domino can seamlessly access and use their NetApp data anywhere, across any environment, without DevOps overhead, reducing cost and processing times by up to 50% through efficient data management.

With one-click creation and management capabilities in Domino Cloud, users can effortlessly create, share, and control access to NetApp ONTAP powered storage volumes on the premises or on the three largest public clouds. This solution addresses the challenges of data management across hybrid and multicloud environments for AI workloads. A first-party integration with NetApp, Domino Volumes for NetApp ONTAP doubles read performance and GPU throughput for resource-intensive AI tasks like computer vision and large language model training and fine tuning.

The collaboration between NetApp and NVIDIA is a significant leap forward in enterprise AI infrastructure, combining NVIDIA's accelerated computing, networking, and software with NetApp's industry-leading data management solutions. From the NetApp AFF A90 certification for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD, to the introduction of NetApp AIPod for NVIDIA-Certified Storage, certification for NVIDIA Cloud Partner Reference Architecture, and support for the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design, these innovations give organizations the secure, scalable foundation they need to build AI factories. Through this comprehensive suite of solutions, businesses can confidently navigate their AI journey from experimentation to production while maintaining the highest standards of security, compliance, and operational efficiency.

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