The rise of generative AI and the enormous growth in data processing capabilities are accelerating the pace of change. As businesses adopt AI in more use cases, the rapidly increasing costs of training and data management often present significant challenges. The Hitachi iQ M Series enables the selection of NVIDIA accelerated computing platforms and GPUs best suited to specific workloads, ensuring optimal performance across diverse AI applications. The solution allows for independent and optimized scaling of accelerated computing capabilities and data storage for any data type and file size across various workloads, meaning businesses can allocate resources efficiently as needed, rather than over-provisioning, thus reducing unnecessary expenses.
Furthermore, Hitachi iQ integrates the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design, created to power the era of Agent AI (AIA). This design will allow Hitachi Vantara to integrate its world-class enterprise storage with NVIDIA's accelerated computing solutions, networking, and AI software, enabling AI agents to access business information in near real-time. This ensures that Hitachi Vantara customers benefit from the highest standards of performance and reliability, seamlessly powering their most critical AI applications and transforming their data into actionable insights. Through its collaboration with NVIDIA, Hitachi Vantara will continue to innovate its AI-ready infrastructure, reshaping how organizations manage and use data, and bridging the gap between AI agents and business knowledge.
“We are on a mission to help customers across all industries harness the power of AI, regardless of their market,” said Jason Hardy, Chief Technology Officer of AI at Hitachi Vantara. “With the expansion of computing power from the Hitachi iQ M Series and the high-performance, reliability standards inherent in the NVIDIA AI Data Platform, we have created a unique opportunity for businesses to innovate, enhance user experiences, streamline operations, and optimize costs. This allows companies to leverage AI without overburdening their teams or their bottom line.”
As part of the Hitachi iQ family, the M Series features flexible configurations using NVIDIA accelerated computing and various storage options, including high-performance parallel file systems and global file systems with a single namespace. These storage solutions are complemented by the option to add an object storage repository, also available within the Hitachi iQ portfolio. As a result, the Hitachi iQ M Series can handle diverse data types, sizes, and workload demands, making it an ideal choice for businesses operating in dynamic and data-intensive environments.
“Businesses generate and store vast amounts of data, much of which is unstructured and inaccessible to modern AI-driven applications,” said Bob Pette, vice president of enterprise platforms at NVIDIA. “With the AI data platform reference design, stored data is accessible in real time on Hitachi iQ, enabling applications to access comprehensive business knowledge and providing invaluable insights that strategically accelerate AI initiatives.”
Hitachi iQ Powered by Hammerspace and VSP One.
Furthermore, to strengthen the data orchestration capabilities of Hitachi iQ, Hitachi Vantara has established a strategic resale agreement with Hammerspace, a rapidly growing software company that is radically changing how information is used and preserved. Through this agreement, Hitachi Vantara has integrated Hammerspace's software with the VSP One storage platform, extending Hitachi iQ's capabilities to address diverse data management requirements related to data creation, processing, governance, and protection. The joint solution from VSP One and Hammerspace ensures that distributed data is easily and transparently accessible from anywhere for Generative AI workloads. As a result, Hitachi iQ represents a complete infrastructure solution for AI, Generative AI, and data analytics environments across a wide variety of industry-specific use cases.
