Cloudian and Lenovo have unveiled a new HyperStore AI data lake platform that promises a significant leap in performance and power efficiency for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.
The platform is built on Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 V3 all-flash servers.
It uses AMD EPYC 9454P processors, and showcased read and write speeds during cluster testing with demonstrated performance of 28.7 gigabytes per second reads and 18.4 GB/s writes from a cluster of six power-efficient, single-processor servers.
This, the vendors said, delivers a 74 per cent power efficiency improvement compared to a hard drive based system, in Cloudian's testing.
The solution addresses the growing demand for scalable, secure systems capable of handling next-generation AI tasks.
Cloudian's architecture, which has proven compatibility with popular AI and data analytics tools, aims to accelerate AI applications in data-intensive sectors such as media, finance, and life sciences.
Power efficiency for the single-processor architure is a crucial factor, as electricity usage for generative AI looks set to rise sharply in the coming years.
Chip maker AMD's Kumaran Siva, corporate vice president of strategic business development, said the single socket, AMD EPYC CPU-based Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 V3 platform provides outstanding throughput combined with excellent power and rack efficiency to accelerate AI innovation.
The new platform supports exabyte scalability, AWS S3 API compatibility, and enhanced security features, including Object Lock for ransomware protection.
"There's a big focus on the AI boom in Australia, New Zealand and across APAC, and it's easy to see why when bodies like the CSIRO say the Australian market alone could be worth close to A$500 billion in the next few years," said James Wright, managing director Asia Pacific and Japan, Cloudian.
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