Brookhave wanted DDN’s A3I AI400X  all-NVME flash appliance storage for fast optimum experimental design for its Computational Science Initiative (CSI). 

The CSI’s Advanced Computing Lab uses high-performance systems and software architectures and will use the AI400X to provide a true collaborative environment for scientists and technologists from government laboratories and academia agencies.

Designed as a focal point for development, testing and testbed deployment, CSI’s Advanced Computing Lab helps to address Big Data questions and challenges in data-intensive applications within nuclear and particle physics, biology, nanoscience, sustainable energy, environmental science, and homeland security.

The outfit said that its  AI400X when connected to the Nvidia DGX-2 enhances CSI’s system capabilities for AI workloads in the datacentre. Delivering the fastest performance for AI workflows at any scale, the AI400X provides up to 48GBps of throughput, more than 3 million IOPS and up to 256TB of usable NVMe capacity in a 2U form factor. DDN AI400X keeps AI compute systems, often GPU based, fully saturated with I/O, ensuring maximum use while managing tough AI data operations.

DDN senior vice president James Coomer said: “By partnering with Brookhaven National Laboratory and the implementation of the AI400X, we will help propel advances at the frontiers of science throughout the nation and across the world.”