Beyond Benchmarks: Why Modern Workloads Require More Than Speed
In the race to advance artificial intelligence, performance benchmarks have become a familiar, standardized way to measure success. But do those numbers tell the whole story? When it comes to real-world, production AI, the answer is often, no.
Modern AI workloads are complex, dynamic, and resource-intensive. Relying solely on performance benchmarks can lead to solutions that are inefficient, costly to scale, and poorly matched to business needs. True performance is a multi-faceted equation that extends far beyond a single metric.
This VAST Live session explores how we move beyond the benchmark leaderboards to explore the critical factors that define success for today’s AI applications. We dissected the broader picture of performance, giving you a holistic framework for evaluating and building next-generation AI infrastructure.
Speakers
Allison Boerum, Director of Competitive Intelligence at VAST Data
Glenn K. Lockwood, Principal Technical Strategist at VAST Data
Howard Marks, Technologist Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at VAST Data