Pure Storage today debuted FlashBlade//EXA, a data storage platform for AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC).
FlashBlade//EXA , based on the FlashBlade architecture, is built for high concurrency and the growing metadata operations associated with large AI and HPC workloads. The company said that FlashBlade//EXA, in testing, is projected to deliver more than 10 terabytes per second read performance in a single namespace. It is able to independently scale data and metadata in a limitless way with third-party data nodes.
Older storage systems struggle with AI and HPC workloads due to limitations with concurrent read/write and ultra-low latency, among others. FlashBlade//EXA is built to handle AI workloads with unmatched performance and metadata management, with an architecture that provides storage flexibility.
FlashBlade//EXA is expected to become available in summer 2025.
