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HPE Solutions with WEKA QuickSpecs
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Break the AI storage bottleneck.
Transform your AI data pipeline, ensuring your GPUs operate at peak performance without waiting on slow storage. Whether scaling across hybrid environments, optimizing deep learning workflows, or securing mission- critical data, HPE Solutions with WEKA delivers the ultimate AI storage experience by pairing NeuralMesh by WEKA with HPE’s industry-leading high performance servers.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) workloads have introduced new demands on data pipelines that require an entirely new approach to storage infrastructure. The implications go beyond just the GPU systems being deployed. Storage for AI plays a critical role by ensuring GPUs are being fully utilized. Enterprises that attempt to use older, legacy storage systems that were not made for AI, will inevitably find their legacy infrastructure failing to deliver the performance needed to support AI workflows. Data-intensive workloads in financial services, life sciences, manufacturing, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and advanced analytics need a modern data platform that eliminates performance barriers – NeuralMesh by WEKA®.
HPE Solutions with WEKA now includes purpose-built systems: the HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 system, the HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210, the HPE ProLiant DL345 Gen11 system, and the HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 EDSFF system. All options provide a scalable data platform that is ideal for data and performance-intensive workloads, with a primary focus on AI.
NeuralMesh by WEKA offers a data efficient, flash-native, POSIX file system that delivers the high throughput, IOPS, and low-latency that exceeds the demanding performance standards of NVIDIA Cloud Partners (NCP). For easy management and cost-effective economics, WEKA optionally provides policy-based tiering, so data can span between NVMe flash to S3 API accessed object storage in a single namespace. The same software is available in the cloud with integrated data mobility. Built with enterprise-grade features and zero-copy, parallel architecture, HPE Solutions with WEKA eliminates unstructured file data bottlenecks for even the most complex and diverse AI, ML, and HPC workloads.
Modern AI workloads require intelligent storage that drives productivity and ROI to new heights
Models
| HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 System for WEKA | |
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| Description | SKU |
| HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 Data Solutions Configure-to-order Server for WEKA | S4K54A |
| HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 Server for WEKA New Cluster Tracking | S4K55A |
| HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 Server for WEKA Cluster Expansion Tracking | S4K56A |
HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 Overview
HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers with AMD EPYC processors bring a new level of compute efficiency, performance, security features, and manageability, ideally suited for AI workloads. As AI workloads become strategic, enterprises must rely on compute and storage resources that can efficiently train, validate, and deploy models for inferencing, accommodating the mixed workload characteristics common with AI. While early machine learning was only somewhat dependent on high performance systems, the introduction of GenAI and LLM have increased the importance of delivering higher throughput, IOPs, metadata performance, as well as lower latency critical for inferencing.
When compared with the previous generation of HPE ProLiant servers, HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers meet this challenge. With a new generation of AMD EPYC processors that support high frequency and higher core counts to run a greater number of parallel processes without sacrificing performance. DDR5 memory supplements this by offering increased bandwidth combined with greater capacity, boosting performance and density even more. The new PCI Express 5.0 (PCIe 5.0) bus enables server components to achieve an unprecedented performance level by doubling data transfer rates and the number of lanes.
The HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 is a very cost competitive 1U 1P solution that delivers exceptional value balancing compute, memory and network bandwidth at 1P economics. The ProLiant DL325 Gen11 supports 4th Generation AMD EPYC™ Scalable Processors with up to 128 cores, DDR5 memory at up to 4800 MT/s, 12 DIMM channels per processor, PCIe Gen5 with up to 128 lanes per socket, EDSFF drives, and up to 2200 W power supplies. The server includes HPE iLO 6 remote management and security enhancements. The HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 is an excellent choice for AI workloads with NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) Qualified configurations available.
| HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 for WEKA | |
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| Description | SKU |
| HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 Configure-to-order Node for WEKA | S6H07A |
| HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 Server for WEKA New Cluster Tracking | S6H08A |
| HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 Server for WEKA Cluster Expansion Tracking | S6H09A |
HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 Overview
The HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 is a 1U 2P solution built to deliver exceptional performance with thermal optimizations that enable customers to support large volumes of data over high-speed networking in a broad range of operating environments. The Alletra Storage Server 4210 supports dual Intel Granite Rapids processors with 64 cores total as standard, DDR5 memory up to 6400 MT/s, 16 DIMMs (1DPC), PCIe Gen5, E3.S and up to 2200W power supplies.
Featuring iLO 7 for remote management with a redesigned iLO ASIC with deep security enhancements. With support for up to 20 E3.S drives per 1U node, HPE Solutions with WEKA on Alletra Storage Server 4210 can support nearly 5 petabytes usable in an 8-node cluster.
| HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 EDSFF PCIe Gen5 System for WEKA | |
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| Description | SKU |
| HPE Alletra 4110 20EDSFF Data Solutions Configure-to-order Server | S1R94A |
| HPE Alletra 4110 20EDSFF Server for WEKA Tracking | S1S83A |
HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 Overview
The HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 EDSFF System is specifically designed to run the most performance demanding, data storage-centric workloads from data stores for machine learning (ML) and analytics to distributed and NoSQL databases, performance-sensitive, Software-Defined Storage and data-heavy, hyper-converged infrastructure. WEKA on HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110, powered by Intel, set new world records across all five SPECstorage® Solution 2020 profiles. The HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 provides more data throughput, data processing, and data capacity in a seamless to deploy yet high-density 1U form factor, making it the ideal server to run NeuralMesh by WEKA.
Built for data-intensive applications: ultra-dense all-NVMe with the ideal balance of data capacity, throughput, and processing; future ready for evolving demands with EDSFF NVMe, PCIe Gen 5 connectivity, 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, and DDR5 memory; easy to service, standard rack depth chassis seamless to deploy in any data center, processors, memory, drives and networking, configuring the right mix of resources to meet the workload requirements. This symmetric system architecture delivers exceptional throughput with up to 62.5 GB/s (500 Gbps) of network bandwidth into the system, up to 64 GT/s for data in flight through the system, and up to 315 GB/s of PCIe Gen5 bandwidth to All-NVMe SSDs
- – The HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 provides the right balance of capacity, throughput, IOPS, latency and security for data storage intensive workloads. The symmetrical system design evenly spreads resources across processors, memory, drives and networking, configuring the right mix of resources to meet the workload requirements. This symmetric system architecture delivers exceptional throughput with up to 62.5 GB/s (500 Gbps) of network bandwidth into the system, up to 64 GT/s for data in flight through the system, and up to 315 GB/s of PCIe Gen5 bandwidth to All-NVMe SSDs
- – The HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 supports the highest performance NICs available, including NVIDIA CX7 and CX6, with performance of up to 400Gbps.
- – The HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 has 24 DDR5 that can be configured with up to 3 TB DDR5 memory at 4800 MT/s speed. The HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 can store more data with up to 20 front-accessible new generation Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) or Small Form Factor (SFF) NVMe SSDs for a total of over 300 TB in an ultra-dense, standard rack depth 1U form factor. The EDSFF bays can host both flash disk (SSD) but also (in the future) Storage Class Memory (the CXL protocol support is required)
- – The HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 has two 4th generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors totaling up to 96 cores. Moreover, it supports a GPU or FPGA accelerator
- – Zero trust security from silicon to software and factory to cloud with HPE Integrated Lights Out 6, DMTF Security Protection Data Model support, and FIPS140-2 Self-Encrypting Drives.
- – An intuitive Cloud operating experience built on the HPE GreenLake Cloud Platform for simplified and automated lifecycle management, including dramatically easier firmware management. This includes the option for consuming as-a-service via HPE GreenLake, enabling you to shift from owning and maintaining tosimply utilizing it.
WEKA Software Subscription SKUs
WEKA Performance Edition Subscription
NeuralMesh by WEKA™ redefines storage solutions with its software-only approach, compatible with standard AMD or Intel x86-based servers and NVMe SSDs. It eliminates the need for specialized hardware, allowing easy integration of technological advancements without disruptive upgrades. WEKA addresses common storage challenges by removing performance bottlenecks, making it suitable for environments requiring low latency, high performance, and cloud scalability.
NeuralMesh by WEKA is a fully distributed parallel filesystem leveraging NVMe Flash for file services. Integrated tiering seamlessly expands the namespace to and from HDD object storage, simplifying data management. The intuitive GUI allows easy administration of exabytes of data without specialized storage training.
WEKA Performance Edition Subscription is licensed on a per usable TB basis with 1, 3 and 5 year durations, as well as one-month co-terms.
WEKA’s Distributed Data Protection Option
Data protection is the key to building a scalable storage system. Without the appropriate protection schema file systems will have to be limited in size to accommodate the rebuild time window and data exposure risk. Popular data protection schemes that deliver on scalability hurt performance while the performance schemes hurt scalability. The design philosophy of WEKA was to create a software solution that has the performance of an all-flash array with the scalability and economics of the cloud. This required devising a new coding scheme that would solve the problems inherent in RAID, EC, and replication. RAID cannot scale, EC has poor small file IO performance, and replication is both expensive at scale and has poor throughput. The resulting solution from WekaIO is a patented distributed data protection scheme that is faster than replication, has minimal capacity overhead, and can scale to billions of files.
WEKA Data Protection Option and Data Tiering Option are licenses that enable use of tiering to S3 object storage. DTO is less expensive - but unlike Data Protection Option, does not include snapshot to object. In most instances customers choose WEKA Data Protection, which Data Tiering is a subset functionality. Data Protection Licenses are offered for Commercial, Federal and Public Sector, with duration of 1, 3, 5 years, along with co-terms.
With WEKA v4.4 onwards, WEKA requires that customers who wish to use the Data Protection Option minimally have the equivalent of 1.5x capacity of their NVMe cluster in S3 object storage.
WEKA’s Data Tiering
WEKA can efficiently store hundreds of petabytes of data in object storage while keeping the most recent version of the working set of data needed for data-hungry applications in NVMe storage. It leverages tiering technology to efficiently and optimally place data in NVMe storage to drive high performance when applications need it.
NeuralMesh by WEKA is a single hybrid system with a fully distributed parallel file system with inbuilt tiering at its core. It combines commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) NVMe Flash with object storage in a single namespace to provide both high performance and low latency for multiple workloads through different protocols such as POSIX, GPU Direct Storage, NFS, SMB, and S3 allowing access to all of the data through all of these protocols.
With WEKA v4.4 onwards, WEKA requires that customers who wish to use the Data Tiering Option have a minimum of 4PB NVMe across 19+ nodes with 16PB usable capacity in object storage. This is to maximize hardware efficiency and ensure high performance.
Notes: WEKA subscriptions are sold based on usable capacity, with a license required for every 1TB of usable capacity. Usable capacity may be calculated by simply entering raw capacity into the WEKA Sizer
| WEKA Software Subscription SKUs | |
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| Description | SKU |
| WEKA Performance Edition per TB 1-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V14AAE |
| WEKA Performance Edition per TB 3-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V15AAE |
| WEKA Performance Edition per TB 5-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V16AAE |
| WEKA Performance Edition SLED per TB 1-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V17AAE |
| WEKA Performance Edition SLED per TB 3-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V18AAE |
| WEKA Performance Edition SLED per TB 5-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V19AAE |
| WEKA Performance Edition Federal per TB 1-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V20AAE |
| WEKA Performance Edition Federal per TB 3-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V21AAE |
| WEKA Performance Edition Federal per TB 5-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V22AAE |
| WEKA Performance Edition per TB 1-month Co-term Subscription E-LTU | S0V23AAE |
| WEKA Performance Edition SLED per TB 1-month Co-term Subscription E-LTU | S0V24AAE |
| WEKA Performance Edition Federal per TB 1-month Co-term Subscription E-LTU | S0V25AAE |
| WEKA Data Protection Option per TB 1-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V29AAE |
| WEKA Data Protection Option per TB 3-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V30AAE |
| WEKA Data Protection Option per TB 5-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V31AAE |
| WEKA Data Protection Option SLED per TB 1-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V85AAE |
| WEKA Data Protection Option SLED per TB 3-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V86AAE |
| WEKA Data Protection Option SLED per TB 5-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V87AAE |
| WEKA Data Protection Option FED per TB 1-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V88AAE |
| WEKA Data Protection Option FED per TB 3-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V89AAE |
| Description | SKU |
| WEKA Data Protection Option FED per TB 5-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V90AAE |
| WEKA Data Protection Option per TB 1-month Co-term Subscription E-LTU | S0V91AAE |
| WEKA Data Protection Option SLED per TB 1-month Co-term Subscription E-LTU | S0V92AAE |
| WEKA Data Protection Option FED per TB 1-month Co-term Subscription E-LTU | S0V93AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option per TB 1-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V32AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option per TB 3-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V33AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option per TB 5-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V34AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option SLED per TB 1-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V94AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option SLED per TB 3-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V95AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option SLED per TB 5-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V96AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option FED per TB 1-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V97AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option FED per TB 3-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V98AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option FED per TB 5-year Subscription E-LTU | S0V99AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option per TB 1-month Co-term Subscription E-LTU | S0W00AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option SLED per TB 1-month Co-term Subscription E-LTU | S0W01AAE |
| WEKA Data Tiering Option FED per TB 1-month Co-term Subscription E-LTU | S0W02AAE |
| Notes: – FED and SLED SKUs are offered to Federal and State government institutions, and SLED customers respectively. For all other customers, select equivalent SKUs from the categories above. – License fee is prepaid in full and lasts for the duration listed in the SKU description | |
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Reduced Time to Results - Due to High Performance and Microsecond Latency
- – HPE Solutions with WEKA are designed for flash using NVMe EDSFF technology, WEKA software accesses the underlying flash media directly in its native 4KB format so that both small files and large data sets can be processed in record time.
- – Low latency InfiniBand and Ethernet (@ 100Gbs, 200Gbps and 400Gbps), support means that data does not have to be local to the client for best performance. Data is dynamically distributed across the cluster for parallel access, resilience, and consistent performance and scalability.
- – Gen12 (HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210) and Gen11 based systems (HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110, HPE ProLiant DL345, and HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11) provide PCIe Gen5 performance, supporting the latest high performance CX7 NDR network adapters from NVIDIA.
- – WEKA software can leverage a single infrastructure to work on-premises or in the cloud (public or private) and elastically scales to match the requirements of your CPU or GPU resources.
- – Zero-copy, highly parallelized architecture distributes all metadata across nodes, making all data as fast as local across all types and patterns. Reach peak efficiency and I/O with full NVIDIA Magnum IO Software Suite support.
Reduced Capex and Opex Through Improved Resource Utilization
- – HPE Solutions for WEKA's full POSIX compliance means applications won't need to be re-written to take advantage of WEKA Performance Edition.
- – This architecture allows shared POSIX-based access to all your data without the requirement for unnecessary copies for data protection, providing full storage resource utilization.
- – Built-in intelligent data management automatically adapts to any workload instantly, maintaining peak performance without manual tuning.
- – Effortlessly configure, monitor, and administer all clusters from one place with WEKA Home’s full-featured, intuitive console – no IT expert needed.
- – Deploy flexibly across multiple environments (bare-metal, containers, native in cloud) with built-in multi-protocol access at no extra charge. Simultaneous NVIDIA GDS (GPUDirect Storage), POSIX, Object/S3, NFS, CSI, SMB, and HDFS support enable a single platform to handle all your AI data lifecycle needs.
- – WEKA supports expansion of the global namespace to exabytes with tiering to HPE Solutions with Scality or any S3-compatible object store (HPE provisioned, third party or public cloud) for cost-effective storage at massive scale, while reducing the need to copy data sets.
Cloud Scale and Economics for Increased ROI
- – HPE Solutions for WEKA's innovative Snap-to-S3 feature enables cloud bursting, remote backup to the cloud, and cloud-based disaster recovery.
- – Supports private or hybrid cloud environments without modification.
- – With WEKA software from HPE, you can create a flexible infrastructure tuned for HPE hardware that can handle peak workloads but which also scales for performance and capacity growth as system requirements evolve.
- – Pay only for the storage you use with the HPE GreenLake Flex consume-as-a-service model.
- – Extend the life of your hardware investments with timeless storage, featuring non-disruptive upgrades and mixed-generation node compatibility.
Complete Feature Set and Outstanding Performance for Demanding Enterprise Workloads
- – HPE Solutions for WEKA's native flash implementation and support for high performance interconnect fabrics helps eliminate the bottlenecks associated with legacy storage approaches, and the solution can be easily monitored, tuned, and managed using an intuitive browser-based administration console.
- – The solution supports Ethernet and InfiniBand at 100Gbps, 200Gbps and 400Gbps, allowing full use of the existing network, while accommodating future upgrades for improved performance and low latency. The software-defined platform enables flexible adaptation to future generations of infrastructure.
- – The WEKA software from HPE supports small and large files, random and sequential access, and accelerates metadata access with distributed parallel access.
- – High-load servers with built-in redundancy and failovers minimize downtime, while silicon root of trust anchors firmware. Advanced monitoring and behavioral analytics deliver robust end-to-end IT protection.
- – Support multiple virtual clusters on the same hardware with multi-tenancy via Composable Clusters, each fully isolated at the hardware layer with dedicated encryption rules, drives, cores, and memory. Scale as priorities evolve without impacting the entire cluster.
- – WEKA delivers most common mandatory enterprise features, including snapshots, clones, encryption (at rest and in-flight), key management, user authentication, client authentication, tiering, cloud-bursting, quotas, Kubernetes persistent storage, network high availability, and much more.
Cloud and Object Storage
WEKA software supports tiering to cloud and object storage environments based on the Simple Storage System (S3) interface originally created by Amazon. Cloud and object-based storage within WEKA environments may be used both for large scale data storage, cloud bursting, remote backup to the cloud, and cloud-based disaster recovery. WEKA cloud licenses may be sold as part of the Custom Agreement SKU. Reach out to your local WEKA sales team to get more information.
Cloud and object storage systems supported through the S3 interface include:
- – Scality® RING
- – Scality® Artesca Amazon S3® Standard, Standard - Infrequent Access, and Reduced Redundancy Storage
- – Third party S3-compliant object stores
Notes: HPE WEKA Software SKUs can be used in AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Select Top-of-Rack HPE M-series Ethernet Switches
HPE M-series Ethernet switch family offers industry-leading, high-bandwidth and the lowest-latency for a cost-effective solution for Server and Storage connectivity. With cost-effective deployment options, 100GbE and beyond connectivity, M-series fabrics allows for implementing significant speed and architecture upgrades over time.
HPE InfiniBand Switches
- – NVIDIA Quantum-2-based 400Gb/s InfiniBand switch (32 x OSFP ports providing 64 x 400Gb/s connections)
- – Mellanox InfiniBand EDR Switch Series (36 x Qsfp28 100Gb/s ports)
- – HPE HDR InfiniBand Switches (40 x QSFP56 200Gb/s ports)
- – Mellanox InfiniBand Modular Switches (648/324/216 Ports at 100Gb/s)
Notes: When selecting 100Gb, 200Gb, 400Gb+ IB and Ethernet Switches and Adapters, the recommended system ambient temperature should be at or below 25C.
Supported Operating Systems for NeuralMesh by WEKA
- – Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
- – Rocky Linux: 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4
- – CentOS: 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
- – Ubuntu: 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04
Find more information about OS support in WEKA documentation.
Notes: When planning a WEKA deployment, it’s essential to ensure that the Operating System selected for WEKA backends meets HPE’s certified minimum version requirements for supported servers.
For example, the HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 requires RHEL version 9.4 or higher. WEKA backends can be installed either by manually provisioning the Operating System on bare metal servers or by using the WEKA Software Appliance (WSA) — a bundled package that includes a base Linux distribution, network drivers, and other required components. If opting for the WSA, verify that the included Linux version also meets HPE’s certification requirements.
To confirm full compatibility, cross-reference the HPE Servers Support and Certification Matrices with WEKA’s Prerequisites and Compatibility documentation. Additionally, if deploying with the WSA, ensure the bundled Operating System is certified by HPE by reviewing the WSA installation guide.
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Service and Support for WEKA Software
WEKA software subscriptions include 24x7 remote support and both onsite and remote installation assistance from WEKA (when purchased)
Service and Support for WEKA Software is provided directly by WEKA, not by HPE. For any support and generic queries please email to support@weka.io or on submit a case on the web at support.weka.io.
| Description | SKU |
| WEKA 4-hour Remote Professional Service | S6K85AAE |
| WEKA Premium Remote Installation Service | S6K81AAE |
| WEKA Advanced Remote Installation Service | S6K82AAE |
| WEKA Essentials Remote Installation Service | S6K83AAE |
| WEKA Cluster Expansion Remote Installation Service | S6K84AAE |
| WEKA Dark Site Performance Edition per TB per Year Support Service | S1G93AAE |
| WEKA Dark Site Any Option per TB per Year Support Service | S0W03AAE |
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Warranty of HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 & HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110, ProLiant DL325 Gen11, ProLiant DL345 Gen11
These products are covered by a global limited warranty and supported by HPE Services and a worldwide network of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Authorized Channel Partners resellers. Hardware diagnostic support and repair is available for three years from date of purchase. Support for software and initial setup is available for 90 days from date of purchase. Enhancements to warranty services are available through HPE Services operational services or customized service agreements. Hard drives have either a one year or three year warranty; refer to the specific hard drive QuickSpecs for details.
Notes: Server Warranty includes 3-Year Parts, 3-Year Labor, 3-Year Onsite support with next business day response. Warranty repairs may be accomplished through the use of Customer Self Repair (CSR) parts. These parts fall into two categories: 1) Mandatory CSR parts are designed for easy replacement. Travel and labor charge will result when customers decline to replace a Mandatory CSR part; 2) Optional CSR parts are also designed for easy replacement but may involve added complexity. Customers may choose to have Hewlett Packard Enterprise replace Optional CSR parts at no charge. Additional information regarding worldwide limited warranty and technical support is available at:
https://www.hpe.com/us/en/search-results.html?page=1&q=servers%20warranty&autocomplete=0
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HPE Solutions with WEKA Ordering rules
HPE Solutions with WEKA Cluster Size
The minimum cluster size required for a flash tier is 8 x Alletra 4210, Alletra 4110 EDSFF, DL325 Gen11, or DL345 Gen11 servers and the maximum is a combined count of servers and client hosts of 3,275. This optimizes data protection and performance through recovery operations. Each node in the cluster requires a minimum of 6 drives.
Notes: Sizing for storage servers should be tailored to the specific workload requirement. Bandwidth, IOPS, data protection strategy and average file size should be taken into account for optimal configuration. As such it is recommended that you engage with your Hewlett Packard Enterprise representative to document your individual solution needs and design an environment with required services to deploy.
Validated WEKA configurations may include the following HPE servers:
- – HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 (S6H07A)
- – HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 20EDSFF Data Solutions Configure-To-Order Server (S1R94A)
- – ProLiant DL325 Gen11 (S4K54A).
The ProLiant DL345 Gen11 (S2S57A) is qualified, but is no longer a preferred, standard server for HPE Solutions with WEKA.
Notes:
- – A minimum of six and maximum of twenty EDSFF drives is supported per Alletra 4210.
- – A minimum of six and maximum of sixteen EDSFF drives is supported per Alletra 4110.
- – A minimum of six and maximum of twenty EDSFF drives is supported per ProLiant DL325 EDSFF.
- – A minimum of two and maximum of twenty EDSFF drives is supported per ProLiant DL345 EDSFF.
- – For any of these respective systems, each node within a cluster must be configured with the same number and type of drives. Nodes within a cluster containing fewer than the maximum number of NVMe drives can be upgraded with add-on NVMe drives, up to the limit per server type, to increase cluster storage capacity. A cluster can be expanded with additional nodes. After a cluster capacity expansion of add-on drives to existing nodes and/or additional nodes, each node within a cluster must be configured with the same number and capacity drives. It is recommended but not required, that spare drive bundles be ordered to reduce any potential down time; minimum of one drive bundle for each drive type installed, scaling at 1 spare bundle per 40 drives installed.
- – New installations must choose one WEKA Performance Edition Software Subscription SKU from the list above, according to desired subscription duration (1yr, 3yr, 5yr) and subscription type (Commercial, FED, or SLED)
- – The quantity of subscriptions is calculated off usable capacity, not raw capacity. OCA will automatically calculate the number of WEKA Subscriptions required. You can also get the usable capacity using the WEKA Sizer https://hpe.sizer.weka.io.
HPE Solutions with WEKA Standard Configurations
WEKA Nitro Configurations
WEKA Nitro configurations are positioned as a solution designed for organizations that need to meet the most demanding AI and machine learning requirements. These configurations are built to support GPU-intensive environments, ensuring customers have the infrastructure required for top-tier AI model training and deployment.
Nitro configurations are based on either the Intel®-based HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 and HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 or the AMD®-based DL325 Gen11 using dedicated WEKA CTO server SKUs. These configurations offer at minimum an 8-node cluster with 484TB to 968TB usable capacity with 14 NVMe drives.
Flexible components not highlighted below include boot drives or devices (960GB minimum), optional secondary network adapters (for management or tiering to object), power supplies, racking and security components, management software, and WEKA add-on software subscriptions. Alternative processors matching the core count may be available.
HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 Nitro Configurations
The table below reflects quantities for a single node. Not all components are reflected below but will be present when configuring a cluster.
| Quantity | Description | SKU |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 Configure-to-order Node for WEKA | S6H07A |
| 2 | Intel Xeon 6730P 2.5GHz 32-core 250W Processor for HPE Alletra Storage Server 42X0 | P79198-B21 |
| 16 | HPE 32GB (1x32GB) Dual Rank x8 DDR5-6400 CAS-52-52-52 EC8 Registered Smart Memory Kit | P69727-K21 |
| 2 | HPE InfiniBand NDR/Ethernet 400Gb 1-port OSFP PCIe5 x16 MCX75310AAS-NEAT Adapter | P45641-H23 |
| Drive options (minimum 14) | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE 7.68 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM CM7 SSD | P61183-K21 |
| HPE 7.68 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM PM1743 SSD | P57803-K21 |
| HPE 15.36 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM CM7 SSD | P61187-K21 |
| HPE 15.36 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM PM1743 SSD | P57807-K21 |
| Additional qualified drive options may be available. Ask your HPE representative or partner to engage the HPE WEKA team for more information. | |
HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 Nitro Configurations
The table below reflects quantities for a single node. Not all components are reflected below, but will be present when configuring a cluster.
| Quantity | Description | SKU |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 Data Solutions Configure-to-order Server for WEKA | S4K54A |
| 1 | AMD EPYC 9534 2.45GHz 64-core 280W Processor for HPE | P53699-B21 |
| 12 | HPE 64GB (1x64GB) Dual Rank x4 DDR5-4800 CAS-40-39-39 EC8 Registered Smart Memory Kit | P50312-B21 |
| 2 | HPE InfiniBand NDR/Ethernet 400Gb 1-port OSFP PCIe5 x16 MCX75310AAS-NEAT Adapter | P45641-H23 |
| Drive options (minimum 14) | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE 7.68 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM CM7 SSD | P61183-K21 |
| HPE 7.68 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM PM1743 SSD | P57803-K21 |
| HPE 15.36 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM CM7 SSD | P61187-K21 |
| HPE 15.36 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM PM1743 SSD | P57807-K21 |
| Additional qualified drive options may be available. Ask your HPE representative or partner to engage the HPE WEKA team for more information. | |
HPE Alletra Storage Server 4110 Nitro Configurations
The table below reflects quantities for a single node. Not all components are reflected below but will be present when configuring a cluster.
Notes: The Alletra Storage Server 4110 has entered its end-of-life transition and is only orderable until December 31, 2025.
| Quantity | Description | SKU |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HPE Alletra 4110 20EDSFF Data Solutions Configure-to-order Server | S1R94A |
| 2 | Intel Xeon-Gold 6548N 2.8GHz 32-core 250W Processor for HPE Alletra Storage Server 41X0 | P75664-B21 |
| 16 | HPE 32GB (1x32GB) Dual Rank x8 DDR5-5600 CAS-46-45-45 EC8 Registered Smart Memory Kit | P64706-K21 |
| 2 | HPE InfiniBand NDR/Ethernet 400Gb 1-port OSFP PCIe5 x16 MCX75310AAS-NEAT Adapter | P45641-H23 |
| Drive options (minimum 14) | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE 7.68 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM CM7 SSD | P61183-K21 |
| HPE 7.68 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM PM1743 SSD | P57803-K21 |
| HPE 15.36 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM CM7 SSD | P61187-K21 |
| HPE 15.36 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM PM1743 SSD | P57807-K21 |
| Additional qualified drive options may be available. Ask your HPE representative or partner to engage the HPE WEKA team for more information. | |
WEKA Prime Configurations
WEKA Prime configurations are positioned as a solution for organizations looking for high performance storage for small or initial/early projects and are designed for AI workloads that require fast, scalable and flexible storage.
Currently, only the HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 for WEKA is approved as the standard for Prime configurations.
HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 Prime Configuration
The table below reflects quantities for a single node. Not all components are reflected below, but will be present when configuring a cluster.
| Quantity | Description | SKU |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 Data Solutions Configure-to-order Server for WEKA | S4K54A |
| 1 | AMD EPYC 9454P 2.75GHz 48-core 290W Processor for HPE | P53709-B21 |
| 12 | HPE 32GB (1x32GB) Dual Rank x8 DDR5-4800 CAS-40-39-39 EC8 Registered Smart Memory Kit | P50311-B21 |
| 1 | HPE InfiniBand NDR200/Ethernet 200GbE 2-port QSFP112 PCIe5 x16 MCX755106AC- HEAT Adapter | P65333-H21 |
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| 2 | HPE InfiniBand NDR200/Ethernet 200Gb 1-port OSFP PCIe5 x16 MCX75310AAS-HEAT Adapter | P45642-H22 |
| Drive options (20 required) | |
| Description | SKU |
| HPE 15.36 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM CM7 SSD | P61187-K21 |
| HPE 15.36 TB NVMe Gen5 High Perf RI E3S SPDM PM1743 SSD | P57807-K21 |
| Additional qualified drive options may be available, including 30TB NVMe (reducing minimum required drive count to 10). Ask your HPE representative or partner to engage the HPE WEKA team for more information | |
| Date | Version History | Action | Description of Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06-Oct-2025 | Changed | Overview, Standard Features and Configuration Information sections were updated – New features on GPU performance and NeuralMesh by WEKA™ storage solution have been added. | |
| Added | S6K85AAE, S6H07A, P79198-B21, P69727-K21, P45641-H23, S4K54A, P53699-B21, P50312-B21, P45641-H23, P61183-K21, P57803-K21, P61187- K21, P57807-K21, S1R94A, P75664-B21, P64706-K21, P53709-B21, P50311-B21, P65333-H21, P45642-H22 | ||
| Removed | S0V36AAE, P61183-K21, P57803-K21, P61187-K21, P57807-K21, | ||
| 04-Aug-2025 | Changed | Overview, Standard Features, Service and Support and Configuration Information sections were updated - New Features, performance and capacity information were updated. Added HPE Alletra Storage Server 4210 node; Removed HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus v2 and DL360 G10 plus | |
| Added | Service and Support new SKUs added - S6K81AAE, S6K82AAE, S6K83AAE, S6K84AAE Configuration Information new SKUs added - S6H07A, S6H08A, S6H09A | ||
| Removed | S1D89AAE, S4K54A, S4K55A, S4K56A, R8V67A, R8V65A, R8V68A, R8V63A | ||
| 03-Sep-2024 | Changed | Overview, Standard Features, Service and Support and Configuration Information sections were updated | |
| 04-Dec-2023 | Changed | Overview, Standard Features, Service and Support and Configuration Information sections were updated | |
| 10-Jul-2023 | Changed | Overview and Standard Features sections were updated | |
| 01-May-2023 | Changed | Overview, Standard Features, Service and Support and Configuration Information sections were updated | |
| 06-Feb-2023 | Changed | Overview, Standard Features, Service and Support and Configuration Information sections were updated | |
| 06-Dec-2021 | Changed | Added DL325 G10 plus V2 and DL360 G10 plus, Removed DL360 Gen10 node, and updated messaging | |
| 06-Apr-2021 | Changed | Added DL325 server and drive bundles, updated messaging | |
| 04-Jan-2021 | Changed | Overview, Standard Features and configuration Information sections were updated | |
| 05-Oct-2020 | New | New QuickSpecs |
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