AI Performance & Scale

Keep every stage of your AI pipeline running at scale

The disaggregated NetApp AFX architecture enables capacity
and compute resources to scale independently and node
performance to scale linearly.

AFX STORAGE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

Details of the AFX storage system architecture

The AFX architecture is composed of several hardware and software components.  These system
components are organized in different categories.

INDEPENDENT SCALE OF CAPACITY AND COMPUTE NODES

You can add storage nodes to get more CPU and throughput or add shelves to get more storage capacity and disk performance.

More CPU and throughput
As nodes are added to an AFX cluster, more CPU, RAM, and network resources are introduced into the workload.
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More storage capacity and disk performance
Conversely, if the requirement is capacity, only shelves would need to be added to the mix.
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Zero Copy Volume Move (ZCVM)
AFX relies on the Zero Copy Volume Move (ZCVM) technology to relocate volumes using metadata updates instead of copying the data.
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The AFX system has several design characteristics that enable it to operate as a high-performance NAS platform.

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