MinIO AIStor and Ampere® Computing Reference Architecture for High-Performance AI Inference

MinIO AIStor is a highly scalable, high-performance object storage solution tailored for AI workloads, especially in distributed or cloud-native environments. Designing a cluster for AI inference requires high-performance storage and efficient data retrieval. Thus, careful consideration must be given to storage architecture, compute resources, networking, and scalability. MinIO, Ampere®, Supermicro®, and Micron Technology Inc have partnered to deliver and validate performance through comprehensive testing on an Ampere® Altra® 128 core-powered storage cluster consisting of eight nodes to allow for: Scalability : Horizontal scaling of storage and I/O performance. Redundancy : Built-in erasure coding ensures data durability even if nodes or drives fail. High throughput : Parallel access and distributed storage enable fast read/write operations, suitable for AI or big data analytics. Kubernetes and bare-metal friendly : Can be deployed both on Kubernetes or as standalone Bare-metal nodes.