Managing external storage forGPU-accelerated AI workloads can be complex—especially when ensuring thatstorage volumes are provisioned correctly, isolated per tenant, andautomatically mounted to the right compute nodes. With aarna.ml GPU CloudManagement Software (GPU CMS), this entire process is streamlined throughseamless integration with DDN EXAScaler.
End-to-EndAutomation with No Manual Steps
With aarna.ml GPU CMS, end users don’tneed to manually log into multiple systems, configure storage mounts, or worryabout compatibility between compute and storage. The DDN EXAScaler integrationis fully automated—allowing users to simply specify:
- The desired storage size.
- The bare metal node where thestorage should be mounted
Everything else—from tenant-awareprovisioning, storage policy enforcement, network isolation, to automatic mountpoint creation—is handled seamlessly by aarna.ml GPU CMS.
Simpleand Efficient Flow
Theprocess starts with the NCP admin (cloud provider admin) importing the entireGPU infrastructure (compute, storage, E⇔W network, N⇔S network) into thesoftware and setting up a new tenant. Once the tenant is created, the tenantuser can allocate a GPU bare-metal or VM instance and request external storagefrom DDN.
The tenant simply provides:
- The desired storage size.
- The specific compute node wherethe storage should be mounted.
Once these inputs are provided, aarna.mlGPU CMS handles all interactions with DDN, including:
- Configuring storage volumes.
- Assigning tenant-specific quotas.
- Creating the mount point.
- Ensuring the mount point isimmediately available on the compute node.
- Tenant specific North-Southnetwork isolation for accessing the DDN storage nodes.
This zero-touch integration eliminatesany need for the tenant to interact with the DDN portal directly.
Real-TimeValidation Across Systems
To ensure transparency and operationalassurance, the NCP admin or tenant admin can view all configured storagevolumes directly within aarna.ml GPU CMS. For additional verification, they canalso cross-check the automatically created tenants, networks, policies, andmount points directly in the DDN admin portal.
All configurations are performed via APIswith no manual intervention.
FullTenant Experience
Once the storage is provisioned, thetenant user can log directly into their allocated GPU compute node andimmediately access the mounted DDN EXAScaler storage volume. Whether forlarge-scale AI training data or model checkpoints or inference, this automatedmount ensures data is available where and when the user needs it.
KeyBenefits
The aarna.ml GPU CMS provides thefollowing key benefits:
- End-to-End Automation: No manual steps—justspecify size and compute node, and aarna.ml GPU CMS handles everything else.
- Single Pane of Glass: Both compute and storageprovisioning are managed from a single interface.
- Full Tenant Isolation: Each tenant’s storageis isolated with network policies.
- Quota Management: Each tenant user’s storagequota can be managed by the tenant admin.
- Real-Time Observability: Both admins andtenants can view and validate storage allocations directly within the aarna.mlGPU CMS portal.
API-DrivenConsistency: All configurations—frommount points to network overlays—are performed through automated APIs, ensuringaccuracy and compliance with tenant policies.
