NetApp announced NetApp Novus, a next-generation storage architecture it calls the fastest storage on the planet, designed for AI infrastructure providers running large GPU environments. The architecture is built to support a zettabyte-scale file system and is architected for up to 100 TB per second aggregate throughput, allowing AI factories to keep millions of GPUs continuously fed with data. The initial Novus release combines NetApp Novus Data Director, the metadata software, running on qualified Supermicro infrastructure with NetApp ONTAP data services delivered through AFF A90 systems, creating a disaggregated architecture built to exceed 100TB per second and support high utilization of hundreds of thousands of GPUs. NetApp said the architecture is orderable today and provides a path to software-defined deployments over time while maintaining the same namespace, operating model, and data foundation. Syam Nair, Chief Product Officer at NetApp, said HPC-era storage alone cannot serve AI Factory scale and that Novus delivers 100 TB/s of unlimited scale-out performance.
NetApp IncNetApp unveils Novus storage architecture for AI factories, its own new product launch
Super Micro Computer IncInitial Novus release runs on qualified Supermicro infrastructure, giving Supermicro a concrete product role
