5th Annual Summit Features Seven Sessions with 17 Leading Storage Technology Partners and 30 Speakers to Discuss Innovations in Storage for AI, Cloud Services, HPC, HCI, and Other Workloads
Supermicro (SMCI) is set to kick off its annual Open Storage Summit on August 13, 2024. The event will gather experts from Supermicro alongside industry leaders such as NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, Nutanix, Micron, Kioxia, Western Digital, Seagate, DDN, VAST Data, WEKA, and many more. The focus will be on cutting-edge hardware and software storage solutions tailored for AI, Cloud Service Providers, HPC, Media and Entertainment, HCI, and other critical applications.
This year’s virtual summit will extend over three weeks, running from August 13 to August 29, 2024. It will feature seven panel sessions where Supermicro’s innovative team will join 30 prominent figures in the storage industry. The discussions will cover pressing issues in storage, including the impact of AI on various workloads, the adoption of new technologies like CXL, and best practices for storage professionals seeking the latest advancements in hardware, media, and software.
To explore the agenda for Supermicro’s Fifth Open Storage Summit 2024 and register for the sessions.
Session 1: Enhancing AI Data Workflows with Cutting-Edge Storage Technologies
- Companies: Supermicro, NVIDIA, Micron, WEKA, and Cloudian
- Overview: A deep dive into the requirements for large AI model training, highlighting the need for advanced networking technologies, high-performance all-flash and large-capacity disk storage servers, and software-defined storage applications to maximize GPU compute performance.
- Details: August 13, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT, with on-demand availability thereafter.
Session 2: AI Transformations in Media Storage Workflows
- Companies: Supermicro, AMD, Western Digital, and Quantum
- Overview: Explore how AI is revolutionizing media and entertainment, with a focus on optimizing primary and secondary storage for post-production workflows across movies, TV, and corporate video production.
- Details: August 14, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT, with on-demand availability thereafter.
Session 3: The Evolution of Hyperconverged Infrastructure for High-Performance Workloads
- Companies: Supermicro, Intel, Nutanix, and Western Digital
- Overview: Discover the expansion of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) beyond traditional virtualized workloads to support AI, database management, and other enterprise applications.
- Details: August 15, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT, with on-demand availability thereafter.
Session 4: Hyperscale AI: Ensuring Secure Data Services for Cloud Service Providers
- Companies: Supermicro, AMD, VAST Data, and Solidigm
- Overview: Learn how CSPs can deploy AI models at scale, supported by vast storage solutions that prioritize security, efficiency, and reliability.
- Details: August 20, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT, available on-demand afterward.
Session 5: Choosing the Right Storage Architecture: Scale-Up vs. Scale-Out
- Participating Companies: Supermicro, Intel, Kioxia, Seagate, OSNexus, and Graid Technology
- Overview: Gain insights into the best software-defined storage designs and the most suitable architecture for your storage needs, whether scaling up or scaling out.
- Details: August 22, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT, with on-demand availability thereafter.
Session 6: Storage Innovations from HPC to AI
- Companies: Supermicro, NVIDIA, DDN, and Solidigm
- Overview: Explore how HPC storage has transitioned from research labs to enterprise environments, supporting new AI workloads while building on the legacy of supercomputing for simulation tasks.
- Details: August 27, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT, with on-demand availability thereafter.
Session 7: Unlocking New Use Cases in Compute and Storage
- Companies: Supermicro, Intel, Micron, and Memverge
- Overview: Delve into how CXL Gen 2 technology is driving performance improvements in large memory applications, including AI training, in-memory databases, and analytics, by enabling memory expansion in compute and storage systems.
- Details: August 29, 2024 | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PT, with on-demand availability thereafter.
https://www.thecube.net/events/supermicro/open-storage-summit-2024
