Pure Storage Embraces Next-Generation Networking for AI with Ultra Ethernet Consortium Membership
Pure
Storage, the IT pioneer that delivers the world’s most advanced data storage
technology and services, announced that it joined Ultra Ethernet Consortium (UEC),
a Linux Foundation initiative dedicated to building a complete, open, and
accessible Ethernet-based architecture to accelerate critical, data-intensive
AI and HPC applications.
As the leading data storage platform serving the most advanced
enterprise AI initiatives, Pure Storage commits to further defining and
integrating UEC technology standards, while building and delivering a
forward-compatible platform to optimize performance for enterprise AI and HPC
workloads using Ethernet, supporting rapid innovation and faster time to
market.
Industry Significance:
As enterprises strive to achieve their AI goals, they face significant
challenges with existing network solutions that are difficult to manage and
scale, hindering the flexibility and efficiency needed for growing AI
workloads.
To address these challenges, UEC aims to advance Ethernet technology,
offering a scalable and efficient solution to support AI innovation.
Ethernet's increased adoption in data centers, due to its lower TCO,
extensive interoperability, and proven reliability, has made it the foundation
for many of the world’s largest AI clusters. The advancement of new Ultra
Ethernet standards will allow enterprises to maximize their existing AI and HPC
investments while deploying performance-intensive applications, driving
innovation, boosting productivity, and enhancing operational efficiency.
News Highlights:
By contributing to the standardization and growth of high performance
Ethernet for large-scale AI and HPC initiatives, Pure Storage will accelerate
platform development to support UEC standards long-term, delivering:
- Faster Time to Innovation: As AI and HPC workloads are
accelerated, AI infrastructure powered by Ultra Ethernet will enable lower
job completion times and higher frequency iterations that speed model
building, training and inference, translating into faster time to
innovation, faster time to market, and shorter time to insight.
- Cost-Effective, Efficient Operations: Faster compute,
network, and link speeds, as well as lower latency and higher network
utilization provides enterprises with high performance AI and HPC
networking and storage built on cost-effective and easy to manage
Ethernet-based switches and storage.
- Enhanced Choice for Customers: Customers will have
greater choice between IB and Ethernet networks, allowing them to extend
their Ethernet networking investments into the AI and HPC applications
they are adopting.
“Since its inception, Pure Storage
has committed to delivering flexible, reliable, and high performance data
storage technologies and services to simplify the enterprise data experience.
Joining the UEC provides Pure with the opportunity to work alongside leaders in
compute, networking, and storage to drive the development of a new
ultra-Ethernet architecture for the most advanced AI and HPC workloads,”
said,Maciej Kranz, GM, Enterprise, Pure Storage.
"The UEC is a leader in driving
the evolution of Ethernet technologies, accelerating innovation and setting new
benchmarks for performance, reliability, and scalability in networking. As a
member of the steering committee, Arista strongly supports the UEC, and Arista
is excited to have Pure Storage’s deep data storage expertise, in collaboration
with other industry leaders, to advance Ethernet standards and ultimately
empower organizations to meet the ever-growing demands of AI and HPC." -
Hugh Holbrook, Chief Development Officer, Arista Networks
"Ethernet stands as the leading
networking technology for AI due to its unmatched performance and scalability.
UEC has emerged as a unifying force, bringing together industry leaders to
evolve Ethernet technology for the next generation of AI and HPC. Given the
critical role of data storage and protection in a comprehensive AI solution, we
are thrilled to see Pure Storage join the consortium, bringing their valuable
expertise in these essential areas," said, Ram Velaga, Senior Vice President
and General Manager, Core Switching Group, Broadcom
“Intel strongly believes in an open
ecosystem driven approach. Intel is working with its ecosystem partners and
customers to adapt Ethernet for highly scalable AI / HPC fabrics. We are
excited to see our valued, long-time partner Pure Storage joining the UEC and
looking forward to keeping working together on joint solutions driving AI
everywhere,” said, Dorin Vanderjack, VP & GM, U.S. OEM & Strategic
Accounts, Intel.
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