Western Digital Corp. announced that its PCIe Gen5
DC SN861 E.1S enterprise-class NVMe SSDs have been certified to support
the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 rack-scale system.
The rapid rise of AI, ML, and large language models (LLMs) is creating a
challenge for companies with two opposing forces. Data generation and
consumption are accelerating, while organizations face pressure to
quickly derive value from this data. Performance, scalability, and
efficiency are essential for AI technology stacks as storage demands
rise. Certified to be compatible with the GB200 NVL72 system, Western
Digital's enterprise SSD addresses the growing needs of the AI market
for high-speed accelerated computing combined with low latency to serve
compute-intensive AI environments.
The NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 system helps meet the diverse accelerated
computing needs of the world's data centers and provides manufacturers
with a reference architecture to quickly and cost-effectively build more
than 100 system design configurations while maintaining consistency in
design and performance.
"Storage has become an increasingly significant and dynamic component of
the AI technology stack," said Rob Soderbery, EVP and GM, Flash
Business, Western Digital. "With Western Digital's DC SN861 E.1S
enterprise SSD certified to support NVIDIA GB200 NVL72, customers can
take the guesswork out of the design process and achieve faster time to
market for a wide range of accelerated computing applications."
"Data storage systems need enough capacity and performance to support
the computational loads and speeds required for large, sophisticated AI
models," said Mark Taylor, Sr. Data Center Product Manager at NVIDIA.
"Tested and verified to support the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 system, Western
Digital's four- and eight-terabyte DC SN861 SSDs offer customers a
high-performance, enterprise-class storage solution for accelerated
computing applications."
In June, Western Digital introduced a six-stage AI Data Cycle
framework that defines the optimal storage mix for AI workloads at
scale. This framework helps customers plan and develop advanced storage
infrastructures to maximize their AI investments, improve efficiency,
and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of their AI workflows.
Western Digital offers a comprehensive storage technology portfolio
tailored to support every stage of the AI Data Cycle.
The DC SN861 SSD
is designed to support the AI model training, interface & prompting
and AI inference engine stages of the AI data cycle. Western Digital's
first enterprise-class PCIe Gen 5.0 solution offers industry-leading
random read performance and power efficiency for AI workloads. With
capacities up to 16TB, it delivers up to a 3x random read performance
increase over the previous generation with ultra-low latency and
incredible responsiveness for LLM training, inferencing and AI service
deployment. In addition, the low power profile delivers higher
IOPS/Watt, reducing overall TCO. The increased PCIe Gen5 bandwidth helps
address the growing needs of the AI market for high-speed accelerated
computing combined with low latency to serve compute-intensive AI
environments. Built for mission-critical workloads, the DC SN861
provides a rich feature set, including NVMe 2.0 and OCP 2.0 support, 1 and 3 DWPD, and a 5-year limited warranty.