Presentation
Open Flash Platform: An Initiative for Open, Highly Efficient, Exascale AI Storage
SessionExascale
DescriptionIT infrastructures face AI and analytics demands, driving the need for storage that leverages existing networks, cuts server counts, and frees CAPEX for AI.
Modeled on the Open Compute Project, the Open Flash Platform (OFP) initiative liberates high-capacity flash through an open architecture built on standard pNFS in every Linux distribution. Each OFP unit contains a DPU-based Linux instance and network port, so it connects directly as a peer—no additional servers.
By removing surplus hardware and proprietary software, OFP lets enterprises use dense flash efficiently, halving TCO and increasing storage density 10×. Early configurations deliver up to 48 PB in 2U and scale to 1 EB per rack, yielding a 10× reduction in rack space, power, and OPEX and a 33% longer service life.
This session explains the vision and engineering that make OFP possible, showing how open, standards-based architecture can simplify and reduce the costs of high-capacity storage.
Modeled on the Open Compute Project, the Open Flash Platform (OFP) initiative liberates high-capacity flash through an open architecture built on standard pNFS in every Linux distribution. Each OFP unit contains a DPU-based Linux instance and network port, so it connects directly as a peer—no additional servers.
By removing surplus hardware and proprietary software, OFP lets enterprises use dense flash efficiently, halving TCO and increasing storage density 10×. Early configurations deliver up to 48 PB in 2U and scale to 1 EB per rack, yielding a 10× reduction in rack space, power, and OPEX and a 33% longer service life.
This session explains the vision and engineering that make OFP possible, showing how open, standards-based architecture can simplify and reduce the costs of high-capacity storage.
Presenter
Event Type
Exhibitor Forum
TimeThursday, 20 November 20252:30pm - 3:00pm CST
Location130
Exascale