Hitachi Vantara in recent weeks has built out its AI infrastructure offerings with the aim of expanding its market share and genAI footprint in data centers.
The company said that its Hitachi iQ platform is now available for Nvidia HGX systems. Hitachi iQ coupled with Nvidia HGX provides tailored systems for multiple industries and use cases including inferencing, large language models, model training, analytics and digital twins.
According to Hitachi Vantara, Hitachi iQ with Nvidia HGX combines storage, networking and servers with Nvidia H100 and H200 Tensor Core GPUs along with Nvidia AI Enterprise. Hitachi iQ became generally available in July.
Hitachi iQ with Nvidia HGX offers enhanced data processing of digital file systems, zero copy architecture, an updated Hitachi Content Software for File platform that combines the latest AMD EPYC servers with Nvidia InfiniBand or Ethernet networking.
Last week, Hitachi Vantara announced a new quad level cell (QLC) flash storage array with public cloud replication and an object storage appliance as part of its Virtual Storage Platform One platform. The new systems are designed for AI and analytics workloads.
Key points include:
- Hitachi Vantara offers dual port QLC media to deliver data access if a hardware failure occurs.
- QLC flash storage has more density and lower power consumption than traditional systems.
- Virtual Storage Platform One Block is the QLC flash storage array with public cloud replication.
- Hitachi Vantara is using Samsung's dual ported 30TB QLC media on VSP One Block.
- Virtual Storage Platform One Object is a storage appliance that has multi-node configurations for industries like media, healthcare and finance.
- The QLC flash options complement Virtual Storage Platform One SDS Cloud, which has seamless replication from on-premises to AWS.
To round out its AI efforts, Hitachi Vantara outlined a partnership with Hammerspace to data observability, integration and workload tools with AI infrastructure.
Under the partnership, Hammerspace technology will be used in Hitachi Vantara's converged systems for AI workloads as well as Hitachi iQ.
The companies said Hammerspace's data orchestration software will enable Hitachi Vantara to unify data access, provide data for in-place AI or consolidate data into a central data lake.
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