Dell Technologies Inc. announced updates for PowerScale and ObjectScale to enhance storage architecture for AI, incorporating features like Project Lightning, PowerEdge XE servers, and Nvidia Corp.’s KV cache.
Travis Vigil, chief product officer of IT infrastructure at Dell, highlighted the importance of fast and scalable storage in AI deployments, mentioning that Lightning acts as an accelerator for KV Cache, improving efficiency and reducing latency.
Dell's collaboration with Nvidia includes the AI data platform, an appliance form factor combining compute, storage, and networking to cater to large-scale AI workloads, emphasizing cyber resilience and ransomware detection.
Additionally, Dell introduced the PowerScale Cybersecurity Suite, an AI-driven solution offering features like ransomware detection, near-instant recovery, airgap vault for backups, and disaster recovery software.