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NVIDIA is expanding its storage certification program to meet the growing demand for high-performance, reliable data storage solutions in enterprise AI factories.
NVIDIA has expanded its NVIDIA-Certified Storage program to provide enterprises with high-quality data storage solutions for AI and high-performance computing workloads. The expansion comes after the introduction of NVIDIA Enterprise Reference Architectures (RAs) last fall, which provided AI infrastructure best practices and configuration guidance. Partners such as DDN, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and others have developed performance-optimized storage solutions that meet NVIDIA's testing and validation standards. The program aims to enable enterprises to build scalable and efficient AI factories by providing access to secure and reliable data storage. AI workloads require specialized storage architectures to handle massive, unstructured datasets, and the program addresses this need with performance testing and design best practices.
NVIDIA has taken a significant step towards enabling enterprises to build scalable and efficient AI factories by expanding its NVIDIA-Certified Storage program. This new initiative is designed to provide enterprises with access to high-quality data storage solutions that meet the stringent performance and scalability requirements for AI and high-performance computing workloads.
The expansion of the NVIDIA-Certified Storage program comes on the heels of the company's introduction of the NVIDIA Enterprise Reference Architectures (RAs) last fall. These RAs provided partners with AI infrastructure best practices and configuration guidance for deploying NVIDIA-Certified servers, NVIDIA Spectrum-X networking, and NVIDIA AI Enterprise software.
With the addition of the storage certification program, enterprises now have access to a wide range of performance-optimized storage solutions from leading providers such as DDN, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hitachi Vantara, IBM, NetApp, Nutanix, Pure Storage, VAST Data, and WEKA.
These partners will deliver customized AI data platforms that can harness enterprise data to reason and respond to complex queries. The NVIDIA-Certified Storage designation is a prerequisite for these solutions, ensuring that they meet the rigorous testing and validation standards set by NVIDIA.
The expansion of the storage certification program is a key component of NVIDIA's broader strategy to enable enterprises to build AI factories that process massive amounts of data, train models faster, and drive more accurate, reliable AI outcomes. As the pace of AI innovation and adoption accelerates, secure and reliable access to high-quality enterprise data becomes increasingly important.
AI workloads require storage architectures built to handle massive, unstructured, and multimodal datasets. With enterprise data creation projected to reach 317 zettabytes annually by 2028*, NVIDIA's expanded storage certification program is designed to meet this need.
The program includes performance testing as well as validation that partner storage systems adhere to design best practices, optimizing performance and scalability for enterprise AI workloads. By incorporating the certified storage solutions into NVIDIA Enterprise RAs, enterprises can build full-stack solutions with high-performance data storage for AI factory deployments from global systems partners.
This expansion of the storage certification program builds on existing NVIDIA DGX systems and NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) storage programs, expanding the data ecosystem for AI infrastructure. With Certified Storage for Every Deployment, enterprises now have access to a wide range of performance-optimized storage solutions that meet their specific needs.
The introduction of the new certified storage solutions represents a significant milestone in NVIDIA's efforts to enable enterprises to build scalable and efficient AI factories. By providing enterprises with high-quality data storage solutions that meet their performance and scalability requirements, NVIDIA is empowering them to process massive amounts of data, train models faster, and drive more accurate, reliable AI outcomes.
As the pace of AI innovation and adoption continues to accelerate, it is clear that NVIDIA's expanded storage certification program is a critical component of this effort. By providing enterprises with access to high-performance, reliable data storage solutions, NVIDIA is helping to build a new class of enterprise infrastructure for demanding agentic AI workloads.
Related Information:
https://www.digitaleventhorizon.com/articles/NVIDIA-Expands-Storage-Certification-to-Meet-Enterprise-AI-Needs-deh.shtml
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-certified-enterprise-storage/
Published: Tue Mar 18 18:03:06 2025 by llama3.2 3B Q4_K_M
