# S3cure Hybrid Data Lake for AI ## Solutions forAI Limitlessly scalable capacity on-prem. Fast, secure, cost-effective, and easy to integrate. [Learn More](/blog/empowering-ai-with-scalable-and-resilient-data-storage/) ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AI-hero-1.png)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ai-workflow-mobile.png)## A shared, scalable data lake for all your AI workflows. Cloudian’s AI data lake offers limitless scalability, full S3 API compatibility, multi-tenancy and military-grade security, making it ideal for AI workloads that require secure access to vast amounts of data. ## HyperScale AI Data Platform Eighty percent of enterprise data sits unused by AI systems—vast treasure troves of institutional knowledge trapped in reports, manuals, presentations, and multimedia content that remain inaccessible due to data silos, format incompatibilities, and security concerns. The Cloudian HyperScale AI Data Platform transforms your unstructured enterprise data into AI-ready intelligence while maintaining complete on-premises control. Built on NVIDIA’s enterprise AI platform with RTX Pro 6000 GPUs and Cloudian’s proven S3 storage technology, this integrated solution delivers breakthrough performance with industry-first S3 RDMA support that accelerates AI workflows by up to 8X. [Read More](/products/hyperscale/)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Group-756.png?w=355)## Seamless Integration with AI Tools Cloudian’s AI data lake harnesses the power of hyperscale object storage to simplify management and accelerate AI workflows. With native S3 compatibility, it seamlessly integrates with leading AI frameworks including PyTorch and TensorFlow, data streaming platforms like Kafka, and high-performance analytics tools such as Apache Arrow. Now, with NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage integration, Cloudian delivers unprecedented direct GPU access to object storage at speeds over 200GB/s. With native S3 compatibility for broad ecosystem support and GPUDirect for maximum performance, Cloudian creates a unified platform that eliminates storage complexity while meeting the performance demands of modern AI workloads. [Read the Blog](/blog/cloudian-delivers-groundbreaking-performance-with-nvidia-gpudirect-support/) ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/AI-workflows-1.png)## See What HyperScale AIDP Can DoFor Your Industry Every industry faces distinct challenges — from compliance and data sovereignty to speed and scale. These solution briefs show exactly how HyperScale AIDP solves them without months of integration work ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/finance-brief.png)FINANCIAL SERVICES ##### Empowering AI for Financial Services Meet compliance demands and accelerate performance — on-premises AI delivers secure, high-speed intelligence for financial institutions. [Learn More](https://data.cloudian.com/SB-1081a-AIDP-for-Finance)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/healthcare-brief.png)HEALTHCARE ##### Advancing Patient Care with Compliant AI Protect patient privacy and accelerate clinical decisions with on-premises AI built to meet HIPAA and healthcare compliance demands. [Learn More](https://data.cloudian.com/SB-1081b-AIDP-for-Healthcare)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/insurance-brief.png)INSURANCE ##### Transforming Insurance Ops with AI Slash claims cycle times and satisfy regulators with secure, on-premises AI that automates decisions without exposing sensitive data. [Learn More](https://data.cloudian.com/SB-1081c-AIDP-for-Insurance)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/science-brief.png)LIFE SCIENCES ##### Secure AI for Life Sciences Accelerate drug discovery and lock down IP with sovereign AI infrastructure engineered for the pace of life sciences research. [Learn More](https://data.cloudian.com/SB-1081d-AIDP-for-Life-Sciences)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/manufacturing-brief.png)MANUFACTURING ##### Manufacturing with On-Premises AI Drive production excellence and protect proprietary process data with high-performance, on-premises AI at the factory edge. [Learn More](https://data.cloudian.com/SB-1081e-AIDP-for-Manufacturing)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/education-brief.png)HIGHER EDUCATION ##### Higher Education AI Imperative Advance breakthrough research and protect IP with on-premises AI that keeps sensitive data sovereign and drives student success. [Learn More](https://data.cloudian.com/SB-1081f-AIDP-for-Universities)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/retail-brief.png)RETAIL ##### Retail Operations with Secure AI Boost margins and reduce shrink with on-premises AI that analyzes customer behavior without putting sensitive data at risk. [Learn More](https://data.cloudian.com/SB-1081g-AIDP-for-Retail)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/energy-brief.png)ENERGY ##### Optimizing Oil & Gas with Secure AI Maximize asset yields and protect billion-dollar seismic data with secure, on-premises AI built for energy operations. [Learn More](https://data.cloudian.com/SB-1081h-AIDP-for-Oil+Gas)### High Performance with GPUDirect Cloudian HyperStore supports NVIDIA[GPUDirect for Object Storage](https://data.cloudian.com/SB-1012-GPUDirect), delivering breakthrough performance of over 200GB/s while reducing CPU utilization by 45%. This empowers faster, more efficient AI and deep learning with direct, high-speed data transfers from storage to GPUs—bypassing CPU bottlenecks. Delivering reduced latency and optimized GPU performance, this advanced technology accelerates AI workflows, enabling quicker insights from massive datasets. ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gpudirect.png)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/s3compatible-platform-1.png)### Industry’s Most S3-Compatible Platform Most AI/ML tools employ the S3 API. To ensure trouble-free execution with those tools and with other S3-compliant software, you’ll want a platform with the highest S3 API compatibility. Cloudian HyperStore is the only enterprise platform that was built from the ground up specifically for the S3 API. The AWS SDK is our SDK. Cloudian is the answer for native S3 API connectivity. ### Multi-Tenancy for a Securely Sharable Platform With Cloudian, multiple machine learning workflows can securely share a storage platform without the risk of compromised data. Multi-tenancy provides fully separate namespaces within a shared data lake to maximize efficiency and reduce storage costs. Access controls ensure full data security. ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ai-multi-tenancy.png)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ai-scalibility.png)### Exabyte scalability Manage and leverage massive volumes of unstructured AI training data and models with ease. Cloudian HyperStore excels in handling unstructured data, offering exabyte-scale capacity and high concurrency. Whether you’re building AI pipelines for stream or batch processing, Cloudian HyperStore provides the scalability and performance required to derive valuable insights from your unstructured data. ### Military-grade security Protect your valuable AI data assets with Cloudian’s robust security features. With data encryption, Secure Shell for intrusion protection, Object Lock to defend against ransomware, and the most complete array of security certifications found in object storage, you can trust in Cloudian’s military-grade security knowing that your critical AI data is safe and secure. ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/ai-security.png)## Extensive Support forAI/ML and Analytics Tools Learn more about how the Cloudian AI data lake integrates seamlessly with popular AI/ML and analytics tools to provide you with secure, scalable storage that supports your most data-intensive workflows. ![Pytorch-logo](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Pytorch-logo-1.svg)- ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[Why Cloudian for PyTorch](/blog/storage-for-pytorch/) - ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[How to Deploy Cloudian with PyTorch](/blog/how-to-deploy-cloudian-s3-compatible-storage-with-pytorch/) ![tensorflow_logo](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/tensorflow_logo_2-1.svg)- ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[Why Cloudian for TensorFlow](/blog/tensorflow-workloads-gain-scalable-capacity-with-a-cloudian-ai-data-lake/) - ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[How to Deploy Cloudian with TensorFlow](https://youtu.be/5vqvNY5VATY) ![kafka-logo](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/kafka-logo-1.svg)- ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[Kafka with Cloudian Case Study](/blog/fleet-management-firm-gains-storage-for-apache-kafka-data/) - ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[How to Deploy Cloudian with Kafka](/blog/how-to-deploy-on-prem-storage-for-kafka/) ![druid-logo](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/druid-logo-1.svg)- ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[Why Cloudian for Druid](/blog/building-a-data-analysis-platform-with-apache-druid-and-a-cloudian-data-lake/) - ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[Druid with Cloudian Case Study](/blog/major-telco-deploys-cloudian-storage-for-memsql-and-apache-druid/) ![Splunk_logo](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Splunk_logo-1.svg)- ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[Why Cloudian for Splunk](/splunk/) - ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[How to Deploy Cloudian with Splunk](/resource/demos-and-videos/splunk-smartstore-with-cloudian-hyperstore/) ![Cribl-logo](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Cribl-logo-1.svg)- ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[Why Cloudian for Cribl](/solutions/cribl-stream-with-cloudian-hyperstore-s3-data-lake/) - ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[How to Deploy Cloudian with Cribl](/blog/build-a-modern-observability-platform-with-cribl-and-cloudian/) ![Snowflake_Logo](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Snowflake_Logo-1.svg)- ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[Why Cloudian for Snowflake](/solutions/data-lakehouse/on-prem-data-lake-with-snowflake-and-cloudian/) ![dremio-logo](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/dremio-logo-1.svg)- ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/list-icon.svg)[Why Cloudian for Dremio](/blog/unified-lakehouse-platform-with-cloudian-and-dremio/) ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/insider-guide-ai-thumb.png)## Scaling AI: Leveraging Object Storage to Meet the Modern Demands of AI Workflows Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are revolutionizing industries by spearheading the next era of business automation. These technologies depend on extensive amounts of data, which places considerable pressure on IT systems, particularly storage infrastructure. Choosing the right data storage platform is essential for the success of AI initiatives. This eBook covers: - Storage requirements for AI at each stage of the AI workflow - Storage needs of Common AI/ML tools - Why GPUDirect makes object storage a critical part of an AI infrastructure - How object storage meets the AI workflow needs for both capacity and performance [Get the Insider’s Guide](https://cloudian.com/lp/object-storage-for-ai-workflows/) ## Related Resources ![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/data-sheet.png)DATASHEET Cloudian HyperStore Software-Defined Storage Cloudian HyperStore 8 is a unified file and object data management platform ideal for diverse, performance-intensive workloads. [Download Data Sheet](https://data.cloudian.com/l/677273/2020-05-21/6ltw7/677273/1687797990iEgUMziW/Cloudian_HyperStore_Software_Data_Sheet__1_.pdf)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/gpu-direct-sb-thumbnail.png)SOLUTION BRIEF High Performance Object Storage for NVIVIA Cloudian HyperStore with NVIDIA GPUDirect for Object Storage offers a groundbreaking high-performance object storage that meets the unique requirements of AI workloads. [Download Solution Brief](https://data.cloudian.com/SB-1012-GPUDirect)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/document.png)ARTICLE Top 10 Reasons Why Customers Choose Cloudian Discover the top 10 benefits of Cloudian HyperStore, including S3 API compatibility, military-grade security, multi-tenancy, and bimodal data access. [Read Article](https://cloudian.com/resource/reports/top-10-reasons-why-customers-choose-cloudian-object-storage/)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/retailer-splunk-ai-data-lake.png)CASE STUDY Retailer Streamlines Splunk Data w/ Cloudian AI Data Lake A global retailer integrated Cloudian’s S3-compatible AI data lake with Splunk, achieving significant cost savings and enhanced data availability. [Read Case Study](https://cloudian.com/blog/global-retailer-streamlines-splunk-data-analytics-with-a-cloudian-ai-data-lake/)![image](https://www-cloudian-com-staging.go-vip.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kt-ai-cloud.png)CASE STUDY KT Cloud’s Strategic Move to Cloudian AI Data Lake This case study showcases how KT Cloud’s integration of Cloudian AI Data Lake on Lenovo servers transformed their cloud storage capabilities. [Read Case Study](https://cloudian.com/blog/kt-clouds-strategic-move-to-a-cloudian-ai-data-lake-on-lenovo/)