NetApp, SK Telecom complete AI cloud virtualization PoC using AFX storage, Nvidia GPUDirect Storage

PUBT · 06/25 13:02
NetApp, SK Telecom complete AI cloud virtualization PoC using AFX storage, Nvidia GPUDirect Storage
- NetApp completed a joint proof of concept with SK Telecom to run high-performance AI workloads on virtual machines with minimal performance loss.
- The project used NetApp AFX storage with SK Telecom’s Petasus AI Cloud, reaching 99%+ of bare-metal performance using NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage.
- Testing delivered 32.7 GB/s throughput on both bare metal and VMs, with CPU usage down 40% to 50%.
- The companies plan further joint work on AI data center integration, technical validation, and customer engagements tied to enterprise AI workloads.
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