DDN Accelerates Storage in Nvidia HPC Ranked 7th Fastest in World

DDN (DataDirect Networks, Inc.) announced that its data infrastructure is used in the Nvidia Corp. HPC that achieved the 7th position in the most recently announced TOP500 supercomputing list revealed during ISC High Performance 2020 Digital conference.

The company’s AI400X systems complement the fast deployment and high-performance capabilities of the Nvidia DGX A100 cluster, dubbed Selene.

“Over the last few years, we have worked to optimize our solutions for Nvidia DGX systems and maximize data acceleration to complement the massive computing capabilities of Nvidia GPUs,” said James Coomer, SVP, products, DDN. “We’re proud DDN was selected as the storage system to back the powerful Nvidia Selene HPC.“

The AI400X is part of the company’s lineup of AI and analytics data solutions for enterprise customers. Simplifying the HPC user experience, the company has streamlined deployment, management and growth for data-intensive workloads. This allows customers with emerging AI projects to move from POC to large-capacity production. By deploying DDN A³I products alongside DGX A100 system, customers can ensure that they maximize the capabilities of their GPU-accelerated workloads across a variety of markets – from financial services, to life sciences and autonomous driving applications.

“Nvidia built Selene to demonstrate the power of the DGX SuperPOD reference architecture for organizations that need to scale AI infrastructure with greater speed and energy efficiency than traditional supercomputing clusters that take months to design, install and operationalize,” said Charlie Boyle, VP and GM, DGX systems, Nvidia. “In combination with DGX SuperPOD implementations like Selene, DDN AI400X helps organizations build systemized leadership-class infrastructure with the high-performance storage needed to support the world’s most challenging AI and HPC workloads.“

The company’s A³I systems are all-flash and hybrid storage appliances designed to handle the performance and capacity needs for all data-intensive workloads. The hardware is designed to maximize the efficiency from end to end with components that include Nvidia Mellanox Quantum 200G IB switches that deliver the high-performance network fabric employed within the Selene infrastructure. The firm takes the further step of optimizing the data path to the GPUs in order to drive a system that can achieve 20x greater performance for analytics workloads.

Resources:
Blog: Accelerating Data Storage in NVIDIA’s Selene Supercomputer, Ranked No. 7 on TOP500 List     
A³I Solution Guide for NVIDIA DGX A100    
DDN A³I webpage     
Blog: Nvidia DGX SuperPOD
Blog: Nvidia Selene    
Nvidia’s DGX webpage

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