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NetApp Novus
NetApp Novus is a new architecture for gigawatt-scale AI factories, powered by NetApp ONTAP. Designed for leading-edge throughput and low latency, and capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of GPUs, NetApp Novus decouples storage to deliver over 100TB/s in a single file system with extreme scale.
NetApp Novus federates ONTAP-based data resources beneath a common namespace, separating metadata from data movement to scale throughput without fragmentation, remounts, or infrastructure sprawl.
Stat: 50K+
GPUs at ~2GB/second
Stat: 1
Namespace for all your GPUs
Stat: 100TB/s
Read throughput
Attributed to: Mike Leone VP & Principal Analyst, Moor Insights & Strategy
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Step: 01
A decoupled metadata layer tracks where everything lives. When a client reads or writes data, they get the data map from the metadata server and then directly access the data layer; the data layer, powered by proven NetApp ONTAP® software on NetApp AFF A90 systems, moves the bytes. The architecture scales performance with each additional storage system. Add a cluster, add its throughput, no remounts and no fragmentation. Every GPU still sees one unified namespace.
Step: 02
NetApp Novus keeps utilization high by removing the storage bottleneck that leaves GPUs waiting, so more of your compute runs at full capacity and more of it converts to revenue. Higher utilization on the same hardware means a better return without buying another rack.
Step: 03
No. NetApp Novus works with standard, in-kernel NFSv4.2 / pNFS Flex Files clients, nconnect, and GPUDirect Storage. There's nothing custom to install across a fleet of thousands of GPU servers, which keeps operations simple and onboarding fast.
NetApp AFF (All Flash FAS) A-Series targets high-performance, mission-critical applications such as databases, AI/ML, and virtualization.
NetApp ONTAP®, the industry’s leading storage management software, breaks down silos and unifies storage and data through a single platform.
