DDN AI400X3: Smarter, Faster, Simpler AI Model Training & HPC

The AI400X3 is part of DDN’s next-generation data intelligence platform, purpose-built to meet the demands of the most intensive AI model training, and HPC environments. Featuring cutting-edge performance, streamlined deployment, and seamless scalability, the AI400X3 is the platform of choice for NVIDIA SuperPODs and enterprise leaders worldwide.

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Uncontested Acceleration of the World’s Largest AI Workloads

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DDN is a company that we’ve used exclusively for our internal clusters at NVIDIA since 2016
Marc HamiltonVP Solutions Architecture and Engineering
NVIDIA

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Next-Level Performance from your HOC & AI Infrastructure

Blazing Speed: Achieve up to 140 GB/s sequential read and 110 GB/s sequential write performance in a compact 2U footprint.
Latest Generation: Powered by AMD Genoa CPUs and PCIe Gen5 NVMe drives, the AI400X3 delivers up to 70% higher throughput compared to previous models.
NVIDIA Validated: Fully integrated with NVIDIA® BlueField-3 SuperNIC™ and Spectrum-X networking for the highest AI performance.

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AI400X3: The Trusted Data Platform at the Heart of AI Factories

The Core AI data platform for NVIDIA DGX SuperPODS and NVIDIA Cloud Providers (NCPs), the AI400X3 enables:

Up to 22% lower power usage
37% smaller footprint
10 fewer appliances in standard configurations
20 fewer switch ports

This means reduced costs, simpler deployments, and more performance to power your most demanding AI pipelines.

HPC & AI Infrastructure Built for Efficiency and Future Growth

Smarter Architecture

The AI400X3’s single AMD processor design with double the memory per VM ensures simpler configuration, improved performance, and reduced power and space requirements.

Future-Ready

NVMe-oF™ expansion support coming in mid-2025 to enable even greater flexibility and growth.

Effortless Management

Manage complex AI workloads at scale with DDN EXAScaler® Management Framework (EMF), offering robust monitoring, intuitive multi-tenancy, and automated health checks.

Data Storage Streamlined for HPC & AI Workloads

Combined and Dedicated Configurations

Choose from data+metadata combined appliances or dedicated metadata and object storage servers to meet your unique AI data storage requirements.

Effortless Performance

Seamlessly expand to support up to 24 appliances in a single namespace, delivering up to 12 PB usable capacity, 3.3 TB/s read throughput, and 2.6 TB/s write throughput.

Proven at Enterprises Worldwide for HPC & AI Innovation

From life sciences to finance and autonomous systems, leading enterprises rely on DDN to power real-time insight pipelines. As the reference platform for DGX SuperPOD and NCPs, it ensures validated performance across global deployments.

Join the World’s Leading HPC & AI Enterprises

DDN’s AI400X3 is already deployed by top innovators to unlock real-time insights and deliver an unbeatable advantage. Pair the AI400X3 with Infinia to unlock the full power of the DDN Data Intelligence Platform for HPC & AI.

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