NFS, the Network File System, has been the standard file-sharing protocol for open systems since 1984. NFS simplicity led to widespread adoption for many traditional data workloads but it was considered too slow for performance intensive applications in HPC and AI where complex Parallel File Systems were thought to be the only option.
With AI becoming mainstream more customers are considering parallel file systems and finding that it’s a poor fit for enterprise support models with complex tuning and requiring disruptive upgrades (even when consumed as a service from major cloud vendors).
VAST accelerated NFS removes the limitations of legacy NFS without the need for proprietary clients so that every customer can support next-gen AI-driven workloads.
