The first fully Open pNFS platform for AI and HPC

Emerging AI workloads present scaling demands similar to HPC needs but require different access patterns,   said Gary Grider, High Performance Computing Division Leader at Los Alamos National Labs   To achieve a multi-decadal solution to address the combined and growing requirements benefits greatly from a standards and community-based solution, Open-source solutions like PEAK:AIO’s PEAK Open pNFS promises to address the growing requirements and performance needs and is a very important step towards achieving a flexible base on which community innovation can proceed.

As a leading producer of high-performance SSDs enabling AI, KIOXIA America understands the pressing need for an open source parallel filesystem designed to meet the rigorous performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency demands of AI workloads. As AI applications continue to expand and data intensifies, it is essential to have storage solutions that are both powerful and easy to manage, said Rory Bolt, Senior Fellow, KIOXIA America, Inc. PEAK:AIO’s PEAK Open pNFS appears to embody these qualities with its modular and scalable architecture, aligning with KIOXIA America’s dedication to advancing innovative flash memory and storage technologies. We support this initiative as a key enabler for accelerating AI infrastructure capabilities across industries.

Working with PEAK:AIO over the years has been invaluable in helping us overcome real-world performance and scalability challenges for our clients. Their new Open pNFS delivers the performance of traditional parallel file systems, but with the simplicity and usability of a true plug-and-play solution, said Elan Raja, CEO, Scan Computing. By taking a great standard and making it practical for the modern AI and HPC market, PEAK:AIO has created something genuinely transformative. Our goal is to enable clients to focus on innovation, not storage administration, and PEAK:AIO’s vision, experience, and technology give us the confidence to do exactly that. This marks an exciting new chapter for the entire industry.

Solidigm recognizes the urgent need for an open-source parallel filesystem tailored to the demanding performance and scalability requirements of AI workloads. As data-intensive AI applications continue to evolve, the industry requires solutions that not only deliver high throughput but also offer operational simplicity and cost efficiency, said Greg Matson, Head of Marketing, Product and Business Strategy at Solidigm. PEAK:AIO’s PEAK Open pNFS appears to address these critical needs with its innovative, modular architecture that scales linearly with demand. As a PEAK:AIO partner, Solidigm sees this technology as a valuable complement to our industry leading AI storage portfolio, enabling customers to maximize the performance potential of next-generation AI infrastructures.

Western Digital supports PEAK:AIO’s PEAK Open pNFS as a scalable, open-source parallel file system designed to meet the performance demands of AI workloads. Its modular architecture aligns with our vision for innovative, scalable, cost-effective data storage, said Kurt Chan, vice president and general manager, Western Digital Platforms Business. With reference designs for our OpenFlex® Data24 NVMe-oF™ product, we see strong potential for Open pNFS to enhance flexibility and performance across AI and HPC environments.

AI workloads need high-performance storage that can handle diverse data patterns and access sizes across phases, said Ted Pang, Senior Director at Wiwynn. PEAK Open pNFS addresses these needs with a scalable approach at the storage subsystem. Wiwynn is pleased to collaborate with PEAK:AIO on this innovation to meet the growing demand for high-performance AI storage.