SC24: MaxLinear and Quanta Cloud Technology Showcasing Accelerated SDS Solution Optimized for AI and HPC Workloads

MaxLinear, Inc. and Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT) announced their SDS solution will be unveiled at the 2024 Supercomputing Conference (SC24) in Atlanta, GA.

This solution combines MaxLinear’s ZFlush, Panther III accelerated Zettabyte File System (ZFS) with advanced compression, and QCT’s robust storage platform, creating a scalable, high-performance storage solution optimized for AI and HPC workloads.

The integration of MaxLinear’s Panther III accelerated data services for SDS with QCT’s storage platform delivers storage efficiency, optimized capacity for large-scale distributed storage systems, and high file I/O performance. Designed to address the increasing demands of AI, ML, HPC, and data analytics, this solution enables rapid access to massive datasets while enhancing both performance and scalability.

Key highlights of QCT and MaxLinear solution:

QuantaGrid D54Q-2U server

• QCT’s robust and advanced storage platform: The scalable QuantaGrid D54Q-2U server is optimized to meet the hot-tier storage demands of HPC and AI applications. This platform integrates MaxLinear’s storage acceleration technology, delivering superior performance for parallel file systems. QCT is also collaborating with MaxLinear on the next-gen platform QuantaGrid D55Q-2U to provide breakthrough performance.

• MaxLinear’s SDS: A software toolkit with flexible hardware offload that optimizes storage system performance, reducing latency and improving throughput by providing data services for block, object, and file storage.

• Panther III storage accelerator SoC: MaxLinear’s next-gen accelerator designed to offload data services such as data compression, data deduplication hash generation, security, and data protection from general-purpose processors, enabling faster data movement and higher system efficiency in AI-driven workloads.

• AI-scale storage: This solution is purpose-built for AI and ML applications that demand high throughput, low latency, and reliable data storage solutions at scale.

“The partnership between QCT and MaxLinear provides a comprehensive solution that enhances storage performance, scalability, and reliability,” said Stephen Chang, AVP, Quanta Cloud Technology. “Together, these technologies enable enterprises and hyper-scalers to build storage systems with advanced features that offer greater storage capacity and efficient file I/O operations, significantly improving CPU utilization.”

“With the rise of AI and other data-intensive applications, enterprises need storage solutions that can keep pace with ever-increasing data volumes,” said Vikas Choudhary, VP, Ethernet and storage accelerators, MaxLinear. “By integrating our Panther III accelerated data services for ZFS with QCT’s powerful multi-tier storage platform, we are enabling organizations to accelerate parallel file system performance in distributed storage. This joint solution will help organizations leverage distributed file systems more effectively to meet the growing demands of AI and big data applications.”

The partnership between the 2 companies offers a solution that provides enhanced storage performance, scalability, and reliability. Together, these technologies empower enterprises to build flexible, high-performance distributed compute and storage architectures optimized for AI-scale workloads and for the next generation of data-intensive applications.

QCT’s advanced storage platform

QuantaGrid D55Q-2U

QCT provides a scalable and reliable storage platform to meet the demands of compute-intensive HPC and AI workloads. The next-gen QuantaGrid D55Q-2U, equipped with the latest Xeon Gen 6 processors, optimizes RW throughput and IO/s. The platform supports up to 24xGen5 NVMe SSDs or a combination of 12x3.5” HDDs and 12xGen5 NVMe SSDs, depending on workload requirements. QCT’s platform offers flexibility for users who need either low-latency all-flash NVMe solutions or scalable storage for data growth. With this advanced storage platform, the company empowers enterprises to achieve storage efficiency.

MaxLinear’s Accelerated-SDS

MaxLinear’s latest innovation, accelerated data services for SDS, represents a significant leap forward in storage technology, offering performance for data services used in hyperconverged infrastructure, hyperscale storage architecture, distributed file systems and databases. The data services are accelerated by the company’s Panther III Storage Accelerator SoC.

Engineered to meet the escalating demands of data-intensive applications, the Panther III Storage Accelerator SoC delivers an impressive throughput of 200Gb, with scalability up to an astonishing 3.2Tb/s fueling data services for software defined storage. The Panther III Storage Accelerator incorporates cutting-edge technologies such as single-pass data reduction, security, data protection, deduplication (MaxHash), and real-time validation (RTV), ensuring maximum efficiency and reliability in data processing. With a 12:1 data reduction ratio achieved through a combination of compression and de-dupe techniques, the Panther III Storage Accelerator minimizes storage footprint and maximizes storage capacity utilization. Moreover, the inclusion of industry-standard encryption algorithms such as Suite B Secret and Top-Secret Decryption/Encryption ensures robust data protection against unauthorized access or breaches. With best-in-class data integrity and full real-time validation, the Panther III Storage Accelerator can deliver consistent and reliable storage performance, even under the most demanding workloads.