> This page is for NVIDIA-Certified Storage. > For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://docs.nvidia.com/certification-technology/llms.txt. # List of NVIDIA-Certified Storage Systems > Find NVIDIA-Certified file and object storage systems by certification level, with partner design guides and DGX SuperPOD storage listings. 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](https://docs.nvidia.com/reference-architectures/index.html#nvidiatab-hardware). * 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](https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/artificial-intelligence/cisco-ebox-foundation-hps-ra.pdf/) | | Dell | PowerScale F710 | | | DDN | AI400X3 | | | DDN | AI400X3i | | | Everpure | FlashBlade//S500 | | | Everpure | FlashBlade//EXA | | | Hitachi Vantara | Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF 31116) | | | HPE | ClusterStor E2000 | | | IBM | Storage Scale 3500 | | | IBM | Storage Scale 6000 | | | NetApp | AFF A90 | [NVIDIA Certified Storage Program Reference Design for NetApp](https://www.netapp.com/pdf.html?item=/media/136519-nva-1181-nvidia-certified-storage-program.pdf) | | NetApp | AFX 1K | | | Nutanix | Nutanix Unified Storage Elite Reference Design | [NVIDIA-Certified Enterprise Storage](https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/solutions/details?targetId=RA-2216-NUS-NVIDIA:portal-full-page-view-html) | | VAST | C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box | | | VAST | VAST EBox Reference Design (Genoa) | | | VAST | VAST EBox Reference Design (Turin) | | | WEKA | WEKAPod Nitro Appliance | | | WEKA | WEKA Qualified Program Nitro Reference Design | | | WEKA | 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](https://docs.nvidia.com/reference-architectures/index.html#nvidiatab-hardware). * NVIDIA RTX PRO * NVIDIA HGX * NVIDIA NVL72 | Partner | Platform | Reference Design Document | | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Cisco | Cisco UCS C225 M8 EBOX | [Cisco EBox Enterprise RA](https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/artificial-intelligence/cisco-ebox-enterprise-hps-ra.pdf/) | | Dell | PowerScale F710 | | | DDN | AI400X3 | | | DDN | AI400X3i | | | Everpure | FlashBlade//S500 | | | Hitachi Vantara | Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF 31116) | | | IBM | Storage Scale 6000 | | | NetApp | AFF A90 | | | NetApp | AFX 1K | [FlexPod Enterprise Reference Architecture with Cisco AI POD](https://www.netapp.com/pdf.html?item=%2Fmedia%2F164712-nva-1186-design-cisco-ai-pod.pdf) | | Nutanix | Nutanix Unified Storage Elite Reference Design | [NVIDIA-Certified Enterprise Storage](https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/solutions/details?targetId=RA-2216-NUS-NVIDIA:portal-full-page-view-html) | | VAST | C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box | | | VAST | VAST EBox Reference Design (Genoa) | | | WEKA | WEKAPod Nitro Appliance | | | WEKA | WEKA Qualified Program Nitro Reference Design | | | WEKA | 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](https://docs.nvidia.com/reference-architectures/index.html#nvidiatab-hardware). * NVIDIA RTX PRO * NVIDIA HGX * NVIDIA NVL72 | Partner | Platform | Reference Design Document | | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Cisco | Cisco UCS C225 M8 EBOX | - [HGX](https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/artificial-intelligence/cisco-ebox-ncp-hgx-hps-ra.pdf/) - [GBx00 NVL72](https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/solutions/collateral/artificial-intelligence/cisco-ebox-hcp-nvl72-hps-ra.pdf/) | | Dell | PowerScale F710 | * [HGX](https://infohub.delltechnologies.com/en-us/t/high-performance-storage-reference-design-for-nvidia-cloud-partners-with-hgx-h200-b200-and-b300-gpus/) * [GBx00 NVL72](https://infohub.delltechnologies.com/en-us/t/high-performance-storage-reference-design-for-nvidia-cloud-partner-with-gb200-and-gb300-nvl72-systems/) | | DDN | AI400X3 | - [HGX](https://www.ddn.com/?wpdmdl=13958) - [GBx00 NVL72](https://www.ddn.com/?wpdmdl=13959) | | DDN | AI400X3i | * [HGX](https://www.ddn.com/download/ddn-ai400x3i-with-nvidia-hgx-h200-b200-and-b300/) * [GBx00 NVL72](https://www.ddn.com/download/ddn-ai400x3i-with-nvidia-hgx-gb200-gb300/) | | Everpure | FlashBlade//S500 | - [HGX](https://support.purestorage.com/bundle/m_nvidia/page/Solutions/NVIDIA/topics/concept/c_pure_storage_flashblade_nvidia_cloud_partners_reference_architecture.html) | | Hitachi Vantara | Hitachi Content Software for File (HCSF 31116) | * [HGX](https://www.hitachivantara.com/content/dam/hvac/pdfs/architecture-guide/nvidia-cloud-partner-high-performance-storage-content-software-file-nvidia-hgx-servers-h200-b200-b300-gpus-reference-design.pdf) * [GBx00 NVL72](https://www.hitachivantara.com/content/dam/hvac/pdfs/architecture-guide/nvidia-cloud-partner-high-performance-storage-content-software-file-nvidia-gb200-nvidia-gb300-nvl72-systems-reference-design.pdf) | | IBM | Storage Scale 6000 | - [HGX](https://www.ibm.com/downloads/documents/us-en/1443d5cec64027d8) - [GBx00 NVL72](https://www.ibm.com/downloads/documents/us-en/1443d5cec64027da) | | NetApp | AFF A90 | * [HGX](https://www.netapp.com/media/136382-nva-1182-a90-ncp-ra.pdf) * [GBx00 NVL72](https://www.netapp.com/pdf.html?item=/media/144199-nva-1183-design-netapp-a90-ncp-gbx00-rd.pdf) | | VAST | C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box | - [HGX](https://www.vastdata.com/resources/forms/white-papers/ncp-high-performance-storage-reference-design-nvidia-hgx-servers) - [GBx00 NVL72](https://www.vastdata.com/resources/forms/white-papers/ncp-high-performance-storage-reference-design-nvidia-gb200-gb300-nvl72-systems) | | VAST | VAST EBox Reference Design (Genoa) | * [HGX](https://www.vastdata.com/resources/forms/white-papers/ncp-high-performance-storage-reference-design-for-nvidia-hgx-servers) * [GBx00 NVL72](https://www.vastdata.com/resources/forms/white-papers/ncp-high-performance-storage-reference-design-for-nvidia-gb200-and-gb300) | | WEKA | WEKA Qualified Program Nitro Reference Design | - [HGX](https://www.weka.io/resources/reference-architecture/nvidia-hgx-h100-h200-and-b200-reference-architecture-for-cloud-partners/) - [GBx00 NVL72](https://www.weka.io/resources/reference-architecture/nvidia-gb200-nvl72-systems-reference-architecture-for-cloud-partners/) | | WEKA | WEKA Qualified Program Prime Reference Design | | ### DGX SuperPOD Systems The following systems have all been certified for [DGX SuperPOD](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/dgx-superpod/) deployments. | Partner | Platform | | -------- | --------------------------- | | Dell | PowerScale F710 | | DDN | AI400X3 | | Everpure | FlashBlade//S500 | | IBM | Storage Scale 3500 | | IBM | Storage Scale 6000 | | NetApp | AFF A90 | | NetApp | 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](https://docs.nvidia.com/reference-architectures/index.html#nvidiatab-hardware). * NVIDIA RTX PRO * NVIDIA HGX | Partner | Platform | Reference Design Document | | -------- | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Cloudian | Hyperstore Flash 1100 | [NVIDIA-Certified Storage Foundation-Level Reference Architecture](https://data.cloudian.com/OGA-1102-Best-Practices-Guide-NVIDIA) | | HPE | Alletra Storage MP X10000 Object Storage | | | VAST | C-Node Gen 6 and BF-3 D-Box | |