NetApp® a leader in intelligent data infrastructure, has teamed up with NVIDIA to support the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design in the NetApp AIPod solution, aiming to accelerate enterprise adoption of agentic AI. Powered by NetApp’s advanced data management capabilities with ONTAP®, the NetApp AIPod solution built on the NVIDIA AI Data Platform enables businesses to establish secure, scalable AI data pipelines for tasks such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and inferencing, unlocking the full potential of AI innovation.
As organizations invest in AI to address complex challenges, they require intelligent data infrastructure that breaks down data silos that hinder technological progress. According to the latest NetApp Data Complexity report, 79% of tech and business leaders agree that unifying their data estates is essential for achieving optimal AI outcomes by 2025.
NetApp, as a NVIDIA-Certified Storage partner utilizing the NVIDIA AI Data Platform, equips AIPod users with intelligent data infrastructure. This infrastructure provides the necessary enterprise-level data management capabilities and scalability to eliminate data silos, allowing businesses to develop high-performance AI systems and deploy agentic AI to address real-world problems.
Sandeep Singh, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Storage at NetApp, stated, “A comprehensive understanding of business data is crucial for gaining a competitive edge in the intelligence era, and AI inferencing plays a key role. We have long believed that unified data storage is essential for maximizing the value of data. The emergence of agentic AI has reinforced this idea—true unified storage goes beyond multi-protocol storage and requires breaking down silos across on-premises and cloud environments, as well as every business function. We’re partnering with NVIDIA to provide connected storage tailored to the unique demands of AI.”
The NetApp AIPod solution, built on the NVIDIA AI Data Platform, incorporates NVIDIA’s accelerated computing capabilities to run NVIDIA NeMo Retriever microservices, linking them to scalable storage. This reference design within NetApp AIPod enhances enterprise data, enabling organizations to scan, index, classify, and retrieve vast amounts of private and public documents in real time. This process enhances AI agents as they analyze and solve complex, multi-step problems, helping organizations transform data into actionable knowledge and improving AI accuracy across multiple applications.
Rob Davis, Vice President of Storage Technology at NVIDIA, commented, “Agentic AI allows businesses to tackle complex problems with unparalleled speed and accuracy, but it only works when agents have quick access to high-quality data. The combination of the NVIDIA AI Data Platform and NetApp’s powerful storage and data management capabilities enables businesses to bring AI directly to their data, driving significant productivity improvements.”
The NVIDIA AI Data Platform is in line with NetApp’s vision of enhancing data management to accelerate AI workflows. By leveraging constantly updated metadata and vectorization, the platform enables more timely, relevant, and accurate results for AI queries, boosting the efficiency of AI pipelines. NetApp is a leader in intelligent data infrastructure, offering unified data storage, integrated data, operational services, and workload solutions that turn disruption into opportunity.
The company delivers silo-free infrastructure, leveraging observability and AI for superior data management. As the only enterprise-grade storage service seamlessly embedded in the world’s largest cloud environments, NetApp provides flexible and resilient storage solutions. Additionally, its data services create a competitive advantage through enhanced cyber resilience, governance, and agility, optimizing infrastructure and workloads for maximum performance. NetApp helps businesses transform their data infrastructure to unlock new possibilities
