SNIA and OCP - Driving Open Storage and Networking

This talk will focus on areas of SNIA and OCP community overlap and collaboration, discussing our new alliance and OCP work areas as they relate to SNIA technical work groups: - OCP's Storage top-level project and 3 workstream - OCP's Composable Memory Systems (CMS) project - OCP's Open Systems for AI strategic initiative and Open Cluster Designs for AI - OCP's Networking project and OCP FTI workstreams: DCC and SROI - Other OCP areas of interest to the audience hardware management, cooling, OCP S.A.F.E certification of equipment

James Kelly

VP Market Intelligence and Innovation

OCP Foundation

As data growth accelerates in the age of AI, hyperscalers demand higher-capacity storage solutions that deliver a balanced combination of performance, power, and cost-effectiveness. In this session, we will present how QLC NAND-based Direct Flash Modules (DFM), in conjunction with Pure’s advanced software architecture, allows hyperscalers to take advantage of high-density, higher-performance, and reliable SSD storage compared to HDDs. Pure’s intelligent flash management software abstracts the host software from the underlying NAND technology, enabling faster adoption of newer NAND technologies and providing flexibility with different NAND vendors. With a configurable solution, Pure’s offering enables the adoption of the same solution across multiple use cases, from AI/ML to HDD displacement.

Riley Thomasson

Member of Technical Staff

Pure Storage