Streamline hybrid enterprise AI workflows

• /platform/ai-data-engine/
• https://www.netapp.com/artificial-intelligence/aipod/

Get ready for AI — faster

1. 01

   Continuously updated global metadata catalog

   Continuously updated global metadata catalog

   At the heart of AIDE is a capability unlike anything else in the market: an automatically created and continuously updated global metadata catalog with powerful semantic search across your data estate.

   • GLOBAL METADATA
   • SEMANTIC SEARCH
   • DATA DISCOVERY

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2. 02

   Semantically enrich metadata

   Semantically enrich metadata

   AIDE actively analyzes file content to semantically enrich metadata, understanding what data actually means, not just where it sits.

   • SEMANTIC METADATA
   • CONTENT ANALYSIS
   • DATA MEANING

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3. 03

   Change data + synchronization

   Change data + synchronization

   Automated capture of change data and synchronization

   • CHANGE CAPTURE
   • DATA SYNCHRONIZATION
   • FRESHNESS

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4. 04

   Secure the AI lifecycle

   Secure the AI lifecycle

   Automatically protect sensitive data with policy-driven guardrails, enforce access controls, and enable traceable, explainable models with robust versioning to meet compliance, reduce risk, and support responsible AI.

   • POLICY-DRIVEN GUARDRAILS
   • ACCESS CONTROLS
   • VERSIONING

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Purpose-built infrastructure for enterprise AI

• NetApp AIPod Mini — enterprise RAG inferencing with NetApp and Intel

  The NetApp AIPod Mini for enterprise RAG enables organizations to augment a public LLM into a private generative AI (GenAI) inferencing solution.
  The solution demonstrates efficient and cost-effective RAG inferencing at enterprise scale, designed to enhance reliability and provide you with better control over your proprietary information.

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  Action: NetApp AIPod Mini for RAG Inferencing https://www.netapp.com/pdf.html?item=/media/134647-sb-4332-netapp-aipod-mini-with-intel.pdf

• FlexPod delivers secure, scalable, and simplified AI

  The FlexPod family unites validated compute, storage, networking, and management to simplify operations and accelerate modern workloads, including AI. From streamlined deployment to secure, scalable inference, FlexPod helps organizations reduce risk, control costs, and speed time to value.

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  Action: Explore more https://www.netapp.com/pdf.html?item=/media/112561-c22-4223021-01-simplify-ai-infrastructure-and-operations-with-flexpod.pdf

The intelligent data infrastructure advantage

Your data stays where it lives

• No rip-and-replace

  There's no rip-and-replace, no new data silos, and no compromise between enterprise-grade reliability and AI-scale performance.

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• Unified access

  Launch and scale end-to-end AI data pipelines with familiar NetApp ONTAP^® resources. No need for complex architectures, data silos, or multiple disconnected tools.

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• Connected to compute

  AI can’t function in silos. With unified access to file, block, and object storage, your existing data becomes AI-ready, connecting to NVIDIA’s powerful compute, saving time and preserving governance.

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Action: Explore NetApp AI Data Engine /platform/ai-data-engine

Is your data ready for AI? Find out in a few minutes.

Or start with

• Al training

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• Al inference

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• RAG

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• Al agents

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• Analytics

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Improving AI inference performance and memory utilization efficiency

• 99+%

  of the performance of bare metal workloads

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• 32.7 GB/s

  in both bare metal and VM environments

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• 40–50%

  CPU usage was reduced, freeing system resources

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Turbocharge your enterprise AI

• Enterprise-grade security

  Protect AI workflows everywhere with NetApp enterprise AI security and governance, including real-time ransomware detection and guaranteed recovery.

  https://www.netapp.com/blog/enterprise-ai-security-zero-trust-ai-factory/

• Unified data integration

  NetApp eliminates data silos through unified access that makes file, block, and object storage accessible through a single platform, transforming existing enterprise data into AI-ready assets without movement or duplication.

  https://www.netapp.com/blog/ai-ready-data-pipelines-transform-raw-data/

• 24/7/365 uptime

  When your enterprise depends on real-time agentic decisions, downtime isn’t an option with production AI inferencing. Keep critical AI services operational with proven, comprehensive monitoring.

  https://www.netapp.com/blog/ai-factory-uptime/

Talk to a specialist about your AI solution

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