Had a great experience using NetApp ONTAP AI
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Being a data engineer consultant building complex pipeline is important task, NetApp ONTAP AI makes it feasible, deployment and how NetApp ONTAP AI plays crucial role in faster returns in investment has being a major upside for me using it. While building deep learning pipeline I found functionalities a bit complex, documentation is amazing it cleared most things for me
Pros
- Simplified AI data management infrastructure
- Feasible DL pipeline building
- Powerful solution to build data fabric
Cons
- Documentation is highly technical
- Support not upto the mark
- Data science tool kit needs few improvement with added features
Most Important Features
- NetApp ONTAP AI Control Plane
- NetApp ONTAP AI DataOps Toolkit
- NVIDIA DGX A100 systems
Return on Investment
- It reduced the time complexity
- It increased productivity
- Faster computation
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK)
Other Software Used
Azure Data Factory, Azure Databricks, Azure App Service