VAST AI Operating System | Solution

VAST AI OS: The Data Foundation for AI Factories

Data Infrastructure is the key to unlocking AI advantage, and GPUs, while essential, are not enough on their own. GIGAPOD with VAST AI OS delivers a complete AI factory solution, combining GIGABYTE's modular compute infrastructure with VAST's software-defined data platform built on the DASE (Disaggregated and Shared Everything) architecture.

Each EBox (Everything Box) runs VAST CNode containers for data services and includes dual-redundant DNodes that route NVMe over Fabrics requests to the internal SSDs. This creates a shared data backbone where every GPU node sees the full VAST namespace at high throughput. Universal storage handles files, objects, and volumes through one data engine, eliminating storage islands that fragment AI infrastructure and slow data pipelines.

Why Choose GIGAPOD x VAST Data

AI Ready

The Foundation for Agentic AI

VAST AI OS powers intelligent agents that reason over enterprise data. Built for NVIDIA AI Enterprise, NeMo, and NIM with native support for RAG, vector search, and real-time analytics.

Scalability

Infinitely Scalable Architecture

VAST DASE architecture lets you start small and scale to exabytes. Scale compute and storage independently with no data migration, no silos, no redesign as your AI ambitions expand.

Efficiency

Optimized TCO

Reduce costs with Giga Computing's green computing and VAST's revolutionary data reduction technology. Get all-flash performance at archive prices while shrinking your footprint and minimizing power and cooling costs.

Integration with GIGAPOD / GIGABYTE POD Manager

GIGAPOD Hardware Foundation

The GIGAPOD AI infrastructure combines NVIDIA GPU/HPC nodes with NVIDIA BlueField DPUs to deliver high-performance, accelerated compute. Storage is powered by GIGABYTE Ebox systems (CNodes + DNodes) running VAST AI OS in a disaggregated architecture scalable to exabytes. The environment is connected through NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet or other compatible Ethernet infrastructure, using NVMe over Fabrics to enable high-bandwidth, low-latency communication across compute and storage.

GPM Unified Management

GIGABYTE POD Manager (GPM) serves as the centralized control center for AI and HPC infrastructure, unifying management across compute, storage, and networking layers. It streamlines operations by consolidating visibility and control of CPU/GPU servers, VAST storage platforms, and network architecture within a single management framework, supporting scalable and efficient data center environments.

Key Advantages:

Infrastructure visibility: Complete and transparent visibility across CPU/GPU servers, VAST storage servers, and network topology, enabling organizations to clearly understand infrastructure status, performance, and connectivity.
Real-time monitoring: GPM provides real-time insights into VAST storage system utilization, health, and I/O performance, while presenting key GPU metrics including power usage and thermal data for a unified operational view.
Orchestration ready: Specifically designed to support AI and HPC workload deployment, including Kubernetes and Slurm, enabling flexible resource orchestration and scalable operations.

Validated High-Performance Networking Infrastructure

GIGAPOD supports two validated AI networking strategies optimized for NVIDIA AI Data Platform deployments. NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet delivers NVIDIA optimized AI fabrics for deterministic performance , with high-performance Ethernet providing a flexible, standards-based alternative. VAST AI OS speaks NVMe-oF across both environments, ensuring your GPU cluster operates at full line-rate performance.

At a Glance Table

	Starter	Enterprise	Datacenter
VAST Data Certified SKU	R163-Z35-AAH1
Power	1+1 1300W Titanium
Raw Capacity	1.5 PB	3 PB	5.80 PB
Network	NVIDIA 200G – 400G
Switch	NVIDIA / Compatible Ethernet