Petascale JBOF All-Flash Array for AI Data Pipeline Acceleration
High performance all-flash solution provides high-efficiency platform for scale-up and scale-out storage
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A New Approach to Implementing Storage
Implement All-Flash scale-out or scale-up storage for AI and CSP workloads using Supermicro’s Petascale JBOF, featuring NVIDIA’s BlueField-3 DPU for enhanced performance. This architecture has higher performance and lower power consumption than traditional storage servers and supports 24 U.2 or 36 E3.S SSDs.
What is a JBOF?
JBOF or “Just a Bunch of Flash” is an intelligent all-flash storage array which uses a DPU (Data Processing Unit) rather than the CPU, memory, and NIC found in traditional storage servers.
How does the JBOF Work?
The JBOF hosts one or more DPUs which provides the networking, runs the storage application (either file system or object storage) and provides the SSD storage media.
What are the Benefits of a JBOF Storage Solution?
There are several benefits to implementing a JBOF Storage Solution as compared with traditional server-based storage:
- Lower Power
- Higher Performance
- Greater Integration
What Else is Required?
The Petascale JBOF with the NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU supports several data management software offerings, including Hammerspace Global Data Platform and Cloudian HyperStore, with others being tested.
JBOF Storage Enclosures
SSG-229J-5BU24JBF
2U front-loading all-flash storage box with 24 hot-swap 2.5" NVMe bays and PCIe 5.0 with GPU/DPU support for LLM applications
Key Features
- 24 U.2 single or dual-port NVMe SSDs
- Two hot-swappable canisters to support high availability and serviceability
- IPMI management with dedicated LAN
- BF3 management with shared LAN
- Up to 2x DPUs and 1x GPU per canister
- Supports NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU
- 2 Redundant 1600W Titanium Level power supplies
SSG-229J-5BE36JBF
2U front-loading all-flash storage box with 36 hot-swap E3.S NVMe bays and PCIe 5.0 with GPU/DPU support for LLM applications
Key Features
- 36 E3.S single or dual-port NVMe SSDs
- Two hot-swappable canisters to support high availability and serviceability
- IPMI management with dedicated LAN
- BF3 management with shared LAN
- Up to 2x DPUs and 1x GPU per canister
- Supports NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPU
- 2 Redundant 2000W Titanium Level power supplies