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 256 PCIe GPUs in x86-based systems.
This level certifies usage with the following types of AI Factories.
NVIDIA RTX PRO
NVIDIA HGX
| 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 | ||
| Everpure | FlashBlade//S500 | |
| FlashBlade//EXA | ||
| Hitachi Vantara | Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF 31116) | |
| HPE | ClusterStor E2000 | |
| 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 |
| VAST | C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box | |
| VAST EBox Reference Design (Genoa) | ||
| VAST EBox Reference Design (Turin) | ||
| 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 4,000 GPUs.
This level certifies usage with the following types of AI Factories.
NVIDIA RTX PRO
NVIDIA HGX
NVIDIA NVL72
| Partner | Platform | Reference Design Document |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco UCS C225 M8 EBOX | Cisco EBox Enterprise RA |
| Dell | PowerScale F710 | |
| DDN | AI400X3 | |
| AI400X3i | ||
| Everpure | FlashBlade//S500 | |
| 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 |
| VAST | C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box | |
| VAST EBox Reference Design (Genoa) | ||
| WEKA | WEKAPod Nitro Appliance | |
| WEKA Qualified Program Nitro Reference Design | ||
| WEKA Qualified Program Prime Reference Design |
NCP#
NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) level certification validates the performance of the storage solution for public AI cloud providers in deployments on the order of 100,000 GPUs.
This level certifies usage with the following types of AI Factories.
NVIDIA RTX PRO
NVIDIA HGX
NVIDIA NVL72
| Partner | Platform | Reference Design Document |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco | Cisco UCS C225 M8 EBOX | |
| Dell | PowerScale F710 | |
| DDN | AI400X3 | |
| AI400X3i | ||
| Everpure | FlashBlade//S500 | |
| Hitachi Vantara | Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF 31116) | |
| IBM | Storage Scale 6000 | |
| NetApp | AFF A90 | |
| VAST | C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box | |
| VAST EBox Reference Design (Genoa) | ||
| WEKA | WEKA Qualified Program Nitro Reference Design | |
| WEKA Qualified Program Prime Reference Design |
DGX SuperPOD Systems#
The following systems have all been certified for DGX SuperPOD deployments.
| Partner | Platform |
|---|---|
| Dell | PowerScale F710 |
| DDN | AI400X3 |
| Everpure | FlashBlade//S500 |
| IBM | Storage Scale 3500 |
| Storage Scale 6000 | |
| NetApp | AFF A90 |
| AFX 1K | |
| 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 256 PCIe GPUs in x86-based systems. Links to reference design documents are provided where available.
This level certifies usage with the following types of AI Factories.
NVIDIA RTX PRO
NVIDIA HGX
| 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 |