In this document, explore the VAST Data Universal Storage reference architecture for machine learning and artificial intelligence workloads, including benchmarking results obtained in partnership with NVIDIA. This reference design is implemented using VAST Data’s LightSpeed all-flash storage system, four NVIDIA DGX™ A100 systems, and NVIDIA® Mellanox Quantum™ InfiniBand and NVIDIA Mellanox Spectrum® Ethernet switches.
The operation and performance of this system was validated using industry-standard benchmarking tools.Based on the testing results, VAST Data Universal Storage and NVIDIA DGX BasePOD™ demonstrate excellent performance for training and inference workloads.