Peak:AIO Up to 650TB 2U AI Data Server Performance and Scalability with Micron 9400 30TB SSDs

Peak:AIO collaborated with Scan Computers International Ltd. and Micron Technology, Inc. to deliver AI performance and scalability with the company’s introduction of Micron’s 30TB SSD drives.

Micron turbocharges Peak:AIO’s AI Data Server, unlocking new levels of performance and scale, delivering up to 650TB of storage capacity in a 2U server with enough performance to supercharge the hardiest of AI projects. With over 171GB/s internal performance, the company is futureproofing compatibility while maximising Nvidia Corp.’s network connectivity such as the Connect-X range and BlueField DPUs.

“The AI market is evolving rapidly, driven by startups and research institutions seeking cutting-edge capabilities. Strategic allocation of funds is crucial, particularly towards GPU resources,” said Elan Raja, CEO, Scan Computers International, an Nvidia Elite Partner who ran and oversaw the tests. “As resellers, our responsibility is to help drive client innovation and advise on technology. With Peak:AIO’s latest solution coupled with Micron’s newest drives, capabilities that were previously only accessible to those with much larger budgets are now available to everyone.”

Micron 9400 NVMe SSD

Beyond performance, Micron and Peak:AIO address the critical aspects of power efficiency, cooling, and space utilization in AI installations. The combination of Micron 9400 NVMe SSDs and the firm’s AI Data Server with 650TBs of capacity and up to and up to 170GB/s of performance in a 2U form factor is available at 1/6^th of the footprint and cost of systems that would typically provide that level of power.

The company achieves its performance without resorting to historic storage benchmarking practices such as using multiple clients. The firm’s performance can be delivered to a single GPU client server. No other solution in the market matches this level of performance delivered to a single client.

“Maximising internal RAID performance is important, but in real life AI solutions, the true value of high-performance storage capabilities lies in the ability to be shared with other AI/GPU systems through newer and innovative RDMA protocols, such as GPUDirect Storage by NVIDIA and RDMA NFS,” said Eyal Lemberger, CTO, Peak:AIO. “Developing, managing, and supporting this complex ecosystem is what truly takes focus. With the help of Micron, what Peak:AIO has achieved is a realistic, large scale storage appliance in a small 2U footprint, designed for AI teams, not storage for Linux administrators, and priced to align with GPU-centric budgets.”