The Five Stages of the AI Data Pipeline

Data Ingest

1

Data Prep

2

Training

3

Inference

4

Archive

5

Data Ingest

Data Ingest

All AI model training starts with raw data from somewhere. When moving terabytes or even petabytes of data to your server, high-capacity storage with fast sequential write performance keeps things moving.

Data Prep

Data Prep

Nobody likes dirty data. During this phase (sometimes called preprocessing or extract-transform-load), raw data is cleaned and organized into tokens for use during training. In storage speak, this is mostly sequential read activity.

Training

Training

Your nascent model is exposed to training tokens in random order, developing a set of parameters that’ll drive later outputs. Expect heavy random read activity here while the GPUs work overtime. Frequent checkpoints rely on sequential write throughput.  

Inference

Inference

Your shiny new AI model is deployed and processes new inputs to generate responses. Low-latency storage enables real-time inference for that “living in the future” feeling.

Archive

Archive

Save your work! Not only is it increasingly important for compliance and audit reasons, but all those inputs and outputs can be used to re-train your model later. High capacities are key here.

The Role of Storage in AI

Storage is a critical, yet often overlooked difference maker when it comes to your AI infrastructure. Learn which characteristics are key at each phase of the AI data pipeline, and ultimately which products are best suited to help efficiently accelerate your AI workloads.

Choosing the Right Storage for AI

Making the right storage choice for AI is more than a question of megabytes per second or terabytes per dollar. Solidigm can help take the mystery out of the process. Learn what your storage is really doing through all phases of the AI data pipeline and what your key considerations should be.

Storage Smarts with AI

We asked an AI chatbot some of the most pressing AI data storage questions and had Solidigm industry experts weigh in on the answers it delivered. The result: some highly-informed responses, some gaps our experts helped fill in, some surprises, and some entertaining reactions.

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SSDs Optimized for AI

Explore our wide range of SSDs optimized for AI. From high-density QLC to ultra-fast TLC and SLC performance.