Why AI is All About Object Storage - Understanding Scale and Performance

Watch a 21-minute technical presentation from AI Data Infrastructure Field Day exploring how object storage has become the foundation for modern AI architectures. Dive into the reasons why major Large Language Models (LLMs) rely on object stores, examining their essential properties of performance, scale, and simplicity. Learn how the unprecedented scale of AI data is pushing traditional storage technologies to their limits, with detailed explanations of how petabyte and approaching exabyte-scale challenges are better handled by object storage solutions. Explore the economic and operational benefits of repatriating data from public to private clouds, understanding the importance of maintaining control over organizational data assets. Discover key features that make object storage ideal for AI workloads, including S3 API integration, security controls, immutability, data protection, and active-active replication. Gain insights into how object storage's scalability across operational, technical, and economic dimensions makes it the de facto standard for enterprises building robust AI infrastructures.