AI Data Management
NetApp AI Data Engine
NetApp AI Data Engine simplifies and secures the entire AI data pipeline with integrated data discovery, curation, policy-driven guardrails, and real-time vectorization for GenAI.
NetApp® AI Data Engine™ simplifies and secures the entire AI data pipeline with integrated data discovery, curation, policy-driven guardrails, and real-time vectorization for GenAI. It provides efficiencies that make AI affordable, while integrating with popular AI tools and cloud platforms.
Features and Benefits
The capabilities that set NetApp AI Data Engine apart.
The Problem
Operationalizing and Scaling AI
Organizations struggle to operationalize and scale AI, facing fragmented AI data, multiple tools, complex data movement, redundant copies, and lack of built-in governance and security. This drives up costs and complexity, stalls AI initiatives, and creates risk.
The Solution
Simplifies the AI data pipeline
Storage-integrated solution
Secures AI data
Secures AI data
Integrates with existing AI tools and platforms
For faster AI deployments
Enhances efficiency
Enhances efficiency
7 reasons NetApp AI Data Engine helps you confidently accelerate enterprise AI
Seamless, unified management
Storage-integrated, end-to-end AI data solution across on-premises and cloud environments
Governance and security from day one
Automated monitoring and classification with policy-driven data guardrails and controls
Efficient transformation and lower costs
Automated transformation powered by NVIDIA NIMs, advanced compression, and deduplication
Global data discovery, curation, and access
Global structured data view through a metadata engine, and semantic search with fast data access
Real-time data synchronization and freshness
Automated capture of change data and synchronization to keep data current and eliminate redundancies
Integration with GenAI tools
Native integration with cloud AI platforms and popular GenAI tools for fast, scalable deployments
Responsible AI with versioning
Automated model/data versioning for full explainability and audit readiness
Where NetApp adds value
Use case: AI data transformation for GenAI, RAG, Agentic AI, and AI factories
Benefits:
- Eliminates complex data movement
- Reduces data bloat
- Enhances performance
Use case: Data governance
Benefits:
- Supports compliance
- Protects sensitive data
- Reduces redundant copies
Use case: Data discovery and exploration
Benefits:
- Maintains security
- Simplifies data discovery, curation, and management
Only NetApp offers
Enterprise-grade security and reliability
- Integrated anti-ransomware: provides built-in protection against ransomware threats
- Comprehensive built-in governance: includes policy-driven guardrails and data anonymization to maintain compliance and security
- Enterprise-grade reliability: enables robust performance and reliability for enterprise AI workloads
Storage-integrated AI data pipeline
- End-to-end data solution: combines data discovery, curation, policy-driven guardrails, and real-time vectorization in one storage-integrated solution that unifies data across your entire NetApp data estate
- Advanced compression and deduplication to achieve storage efficiency
- Efficient data processing: enhances AI performance with real-time data transformation and fast semantic discovery
Seamless integration and efficiency
- Native cloud integration: integrates natively with major cloud AI platforms and popular open-source tools
- Automated sync and change detection: allows data pipelines to work with the most recent data, reducing manual intervention
Customer Testimonial
CTO of major United States–based manufacturer
"NetApp AI Data Engine will streamline our data operations, allowing us to focus on driving insights and innovation while ensuring our data remains secure and compliant."
Expert Guidance
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Technical Specifications
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Document TypeTactical Buyers Guide
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Document IDNA-1220-0226
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