Supermicro, VAST, and NVIDIA Launch AI Platform
Supermicro and VAST Data have partnered with NVIDIA to launch a new, fully integrated AI data platform for enterprises. The solution combines Supermicro's compute and storage servers with the VAST AI OS and NVIDIA's accelerated computing technology. The platform is designed to be a turn-key infrastructure stack for building and deploying AI factories.
- The new platform, called the CNode-X Solution, is based on the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference architecture. This design incorporates GPU acceleration directly into the storage platform to speed up tasks like data vectorization and vector database searches. - VAST Data's software creates a "disaggregated and shared everything" (DASE) architecture, which separates compute and storage, allowing them to be scaled independently. The VAST AI Operating System can now run directly on NVIDIA-powered servers, making them first-class citizens within the VAST platform. - The system utilizes Supermicro's CloudDC server and a 2U multi-GPU server that supports two NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. It also uses the latest AMD EPYC 9005 series CPUs. - A key component is the use of NVIDIA BlueField DPUs (Data Processing Units), which offload networking, storage, and security tasks from the CPU, freeing up resources for AI workloads. This architecture allows VAST's operating system to be disaggregated and run natively on the AI computing hardware. - The VAST AI OS includes several components like the VAST InsightEngine and VAST DataBase, which are designed to handle enterprise Generative AI and real-time agent workflows. The platform is designed to unify storage for files, objects, and, more recently, block-level data, aiming to eliminate data silos. - Supermicro provides full rack integration, testing, and on-site deployment services, aiming to simplify the setup of complex "AI Factory" installations. This includes everything from system architecture planning to acceptance testing. - The collaboration builds on a previous joint solution from Supermicro and VAST called the EBox, which was first launched in 2024. - VAST Data, founded in 2016 by alumni from XtremIO, Kaminario, and CTERA Networks, specializes in AI and deep learning infrastructure and has surpassed $2 billion in cumulative software bookings as of May 2025.
