List of NVIDIA-Certified Storage Systems#

The following systems have been validated as NVIDIA-Certified Storage systems. The listing is organized by type and level. Links to partner-authored design guides are provided where available.

File-based Systems#

Foundation#

Foundation-level certification validates the performance of the storage solution in a deployment with up to 128 PCIe GPUs in x86-based systems.

Partner Platform Reference Design Document
Cisco Cisco UCS C225 M8 EBOX Cisco EBox Foundation RA High Performance Storage Foundation Reference Architecture
Dell PowerScale F710
DDN AI400X3
AI400X3i
Hitachi Vantara Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF 31116)
HPE ClusterStor E2000
GreenLake for File Storage
IBM Storage Scale 3500
Storage Scale 6000
NetApp AFF A90 NVIDIA Certified Storage Program Reference Design for NetApp
AFX 1K
Nutanix Nutanix Unified Storage Elite Reference Design NVIDIA-Certified Enterprise Storage
Everpure FlashBlade//S500
FlashBlade//EXA
VAST C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box
VAST EBox Reference Design
WEKA WEKAPod Nitro Appliance
WEKA Qualified Program Nitro Reference Design
WEKA Qualified Program Prime Reference Design

Enterprise#

Enterprise-level certification validates the performance of the storage solution in a deployment with up to 1,000 GPUs. The following NVIDIA compute system architectures are covered by the certification.

  • NVIDIA HGX H200, B200, and B300

  • NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 and NVIDIA GB300 NVL72

  • NVIDIA HGX Rubin NVL8

  • NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72

Partner Platform Reference Design Document
Cisco Cisco UCS C225 M8 EBOX Cisco EBox Enterprise RA
Dell PowerScale F710
DDN AI400X3
AI400X3i
Hitachi Vantara Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF 31116)
IBM Storage Scale 6000
NetApp AFF A90
AFX 1K FlexPod Enterprise Reference Architecture with Cisco AI POD
Nutanix Nutanix Unified Storage Elite Reference Design NVIDIA-Certified Enterprise Storage
Everpure FlashBlade//S500
VAST C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box
VAST EBox Reference Design
WEKA WEKAPod Nitro Appliance1
WEKA Qualified Program Nitro Reference Design

1 Applies only for NVIDIA HGX H200, B200, and B300.

NCP#

NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) level certification validates the performance of the storage solution for public AI cloud providers. Links to reference design documents are provided where available.

Partner Platform Reference Design Document
Cisco Cisco UCS C225 M8 EBOX
Dell PowerScale F710
DDN AI400X3
AI400X3i
Hitachi Vantara Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF 31116)
IBM Storage Scale 6000
NetApp AFF A90
Everpure FlashBlade//S500
VAST C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box
VAST EBox Reference Design
WEKA WEKA Qualified Program Nitro Reference Design

DGX SuperPOD Systems#

The following systems have all been certified for DGX SuperPOD appliances.

Partner Platform
Dell PowerScale F710
DDN AI400X3
IBM Storage Scale 3500
Storage Scale 6000
NetApp AFF A90
AFX 1K
Everpure FlashBlade//S500
VAST C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box
WEKA WEKAPod Nitro Appliance

Object-based Systems#

Foundation#

Foundation-level certification validates the performance of the storage solution in a deployment with up to 128 PCIe GPUs in x86-based systems.

Partner Platform Reference Design Document
Cloudian Hyperstore Flash 1100 NVIDIA-Certified Storage Foundation-Level Reference Architecture
HPE Alletra Storage MP X10000 Object Storage
VAST C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box