Many enterprises focus on computing power and networking when rolling out AI projects. But they may be overlooking the bigger picture of their needs for massive storage.
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As enterprises begin to deploy and use AI, many realize they’ll need access to massive computing power and fast networking capabilities, but storage needs may be overlooked.
Spinning up a chatbot or adopting an AI assistant aren’t likely to tax most enterprises’ storage capacities, but large AI projects with access to millions of data points may require many terabytes of new storage, potentially costing tens of millions of dollars, some AI and storage experts say.
A handful of storage options exist, and for some AI functions, cloud storage or traditional hard drives may be adequate, says Jeffrey Necciai, CTO of Duos Technologies, which uses AI with imaging to inspect railroad cars in motion.
But for AI systems that need to provide instantaneous responses …