Lenovo targets AI workloads with massive storage update

These systems are aimed at enterprises that want to use both AI and virtualized systems, since AI hardware is not virtualized but bare-metal. For example, the all-new Lenovo ThinkAgile Converged Solution for VMware, which combines the enterprise-class features of the ThinkAgile VX Series with the data-management capabilities of the ThinkSystem DG Series storage arrays in a single package, Lenovo stated.

For high-performance AI reasoning applications, Lenovo’s new ThinkAgile HX Series GPT-in-a-Box solution claims to be the industry’s first liquid-cooled hyperconverged infrastructure appliance and is built in partnership with Nutanix.

The new ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile offerings are also designed with integrated data security and resiliency features to reduce operational risk and provide greater data protection. This includes tamper-proof snapshots, software-based encryption and AI-powered autonomous ransomware protection, with machine learning models to proactively detect and mitigate attacks, according to Lenovo.  

The Lenovo Data Storage Solutions also feature Lenovo’s XClarity systems management software support, giving administrators comprehensive security features to ensure management, encryption, compliance, and communication for all managed storage solutions.