Hardware1 hSeptember 30, 2026, 00:30

NetApp unveils Novus file system with 100 TB/sec for AI factories

NetApp announced Novus, a file system claiming over 100 TB/sec bandwidth to feed hundreds of thousands of GPUs in AI factories. It also introduced Keystone Sovereign for European data sovereignty, an updated AI Data Engine, and a ChatOps interface in NetApp Console.

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NetApp unveils Novus file system with 100 TB/sec for AI factories

Novus disaggregates metadata and data to scale performance and capacity independently
Claimed support for zettabyte scale and hundreds of thousands of GPUs
Keystone Sovereign pilots start in Germany and France
AI Data Engine extends metadata discovery to ONTAP, StorageGRID and third-party storage

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