EXISTING STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE BOTTLENECK FOR AI

There is little question that storage and I/O are hot topics once again with the arrival of a host of new technologies that displaced the tried and true from decades past (disk, bulky parallel file systems, etc.). This new array of tech, when coupled with the demanding and different workloads AI training and present, adds a pressing quality to storage startups that might have been too early to market if not for deep learning. These include storage startups coupling 3DXPoint and QLC flash as well as NVME over fabrics. There are only a few such startups and we tried to integrate them into the storage and I/O section of The Next AI Platform event in May to provide a well-rounded view of how storage shifts with AI in the mix. Among those startups we interviewed live on stage at the sold-out event was Vast Data, whose founder and CEO, Renen Hallak, gave us a look inside how their company blended new and old to match emerging demand.