Most Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects start off as a skunkworks project that when ready for production is tossed over the wall for IT to handle. In many cases, IT tries to store the AI workload on an existing network attached…
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How is Storage IO Different for AI vs. HPC?
Tagged with: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, HPC, Machine Learning, Metadata, ML, NAS, WekaIO
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AI Needs an NVMe-Optimized File System
Analytics is evolving from big data, machine learning to artificial intelligence. Machine learning is the analysis of data at rest, artificial intelligence (AI) is the analysis of data in real-time. Machine learning is predictive; AI is cognitive. The requirements of…
Tagged with: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, HPC, HPE, Machine Learning, ML, NAS, WekaIO
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Dealing with the AI and Analytics Data Explosion – MapR Briefing Note
Accuracy and response time defines the success or failure of an AI or analytics project. The faster and more accurate the response the more trusted the system is. The more data provided to the project the more accurate it becomes.…
Tagged with: AI, Cloud, Encryption, Flash, MapR, NDFS, NFS, Object Storage, Replication, S3
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Webinar: Three Reasons Why NAS is No Good for AI and Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are becoming mainstream initiatives at many organizations. Data is at the heart of AI and ML. Immediate access to large data sets is pivotal to successful ML outcomes. Without data, there is no…
Tagged with: AI, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, HPC, Machine Learning, ML, NAS, WekaIO
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StorageSwiss Live! Backup is Dead – Modernizing Data Protection and Data Management
Join Storage Switzerland Founder and Lead Analyst George Crump on our next series of live events; Backup is Dead – How to Modernize Data Protection and Data Management. George is one of the top rated speakers in the IT industry…
Tagged with: AI, Backup, Cloud, Container, Data Protection, Hitachi Vantara, Hybrid, IoT
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Is the Data Center Ready for Flash Archives? – Nimbus Data Briefing Note
Archiving, as a concept, looks great on paper. It alleviates primary storage capacity, simplifies data protection and lowers overall storage cost. The problem is when it is necessary to search for and retrieve data in that archive, or worst case…
Tagged with: AI, All-Flash, Archiving, Cloud, Flash, Hard disk, Nimbus Data, SSD, Tape
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Machine Learning, AI and IoT have a File System Problem
Unstructured data applications are increasingly IO hungry. It’s a problem that impacts not only the High-Performance Computing (HPC) market, but also the traditional enterprise as they start initiatives like Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT). In…
Tagged with: AI, Data Direct Networks, DDN, Erasure Coding, Flash, HDD, HPC, Hybrid, IoT, Machine Learning, Metadata, NVMe, Replication, Scale, Unstructured data
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More than a Re-Brand: HDS Becomes Hitachi Vantara
The big news out of Hitachi Next 2017 is the company is rebranding itself as Hitachi Vantara, combining the properties of Hitachi Data Systems, Pentaho and Hitachi Insight Group into a single integrated business. The goal of the new organization…
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