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Hybrid AI Data Infrastructure

Power AI Workloads Anywhere with Seamless and Secure Data Mobility

NetApp is the gold standard in hybrid AI, with an intelligent data infrastructure approach that enables a consistent data management experience on premises and across all major public clouds and leading service providers.

Netapp Hybrid Ai Data Infrastructure

AI workloads are inherently hybrid, with data often distributed across on-premises, edge, and cloud environments.

Accessing that data for AI can be a challenge. In fact, data access is the number one reason why AI projects fail.

To take advantage of AI workflows, GPUs, and tools wherever they live, you need to connect all your distributed data to your hybrid AI pipeline. That requires data infrastructure capable of delivering seamless, secure data mobility and consistent data management everywhere.

Features and Benefits

The capabilities that set NetApp Hybrid AI Data Infrastructure apart.

Challenges of Modern AI Workflows

Cloud-Born AI Projects

AI projects are often born in the cloud but then move or extend on premises.

Multicloud AI Pipelines

AI data pipelines may run entirely on multiple public clouds.

Cloud Bursting for Compute

On-premises teams may burst compute to the cloud for occasional retraining or fine-tuning.

Edge and Remote AI Processing

AI is increasingly processed close to the data, including remote sites and edge locations.

AI Project Failure Rate

85% of AI projects fail, most often due to poor data access.

NetApp AI Solutions Capabilities

Store and Access

Store and access data with intelligent data classification, inline data reduction, quality of service, and rapid data change detection.

Copy and Clone

Copy and clone data instantly and space-efficiently for application iteration, model versioning, and sandboxes.

Move Data

Move data across hybrid multiclouds with secure replication, read/write volume caching, and cold data tiering.

Protect Data

Protect all your data on premises and in the cloud with built-in cyber-resilience features.

Built for Security

Most Secure Storage

NetApp is the most secure storage on the planet—and that's critical for your AI pipeline. Real-time ransomware detection and guaranteed recovery help protect against cyberthreats. Policy-based security controls and authentication maintain data governance across your data estate.

Security Capabilities

  • Protect all your data, apps, and models with secure, efficient backup and disaster recovery
  • Prevent data or model tampering with real-time ransomware detection and guaranteed recovery
  • Safeguard data in flight or at rest with data encryption
  • Prevent data manipulation with tamperproof NetApp Snapshot™ copies
  • Secure data access with multifactor authentication, role-based access control, versioning, and traceability across your AI pipeline
  • Improve data governance with consistent, environment-wide data classification and granular controls
  • Efficiently share data infrastructure with secure multitenancy

Why NetApp for Hybrid AI

Accelerate AI Projects

Don't let siloed data and inflexible storage architectures prevent you from accelerating AI projects from proof of concept to production. Get instant access to the data you need, wherever you need it, with the industry's most trusted data infrastructure for enterprise AI.

Gold Standard in Hybrid AI

NetApp is the gold standard in hybrid AI, with an intelligent data infrastructure approach that enables a consistent data management experience on premises and across all major public clouds and leading service providers.

Efficient Data Operations

NetApp AI solutions efficiently store, copy, and move data while slashing the risk of data loss or cyberattack.
Expert Guidance

Thrive with expert-led storage guidance

Get tailored advice on how NetApp Hybrid AI Data Infrastructure fits your environment — from sizing and deployment to long-term optimization.

Thrive with expert-led storage guidance

Technical Specifications

Exhaustive hardware and software metrics extracted directly from official documentation.

  • Data Classification
    Intelligent data classification
  • Data Reduction
    Inline data reduction
  • Quality of Service
    Built-in QoS
  • Change Detection
    Rapid data change detection

  • Replication
    Secure replication across hybrid multiclouds
  • Caching
    Read/write volume caching
  • Tiering
    Cold data tiering
  • Cloning
    Instant, space-efficient copy and clone

  • Ransomware Protection
    Real-time ransomware detection with guaranteed recovery
  • Encryption
    Data encryption in flight and at rest
  • Snapshots
    Tamperproof NetApp Snapshot copies
  • Authentication
    Multifactor authentication
  • Access Control
    Role-based access control
  • Traceability
    Versioning and traceability across AI pipeline
  • Multitenancy
    Secure multitenancy
  • Backup & DR
    Secure, efficient backup and disaster recovery

  • On-Premises
    Supported
  • Public Cloud
    All major public clouds
  • Service Providers
    Leading service providers
  • Edge
    Remote sites and edge locations

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