To accelerate data transfer between the storage system and GPUs, Storage Scale System 6000 supports the NVIDIA GPUdirect Storage protocol, which enables a direct data path between GPU memory and local or remote storage, such as NVMe or NVMe over Fabric (NVMe-oF). This architecture removes the host server CPU and DRAM from the data path, so the IO path between storage and the GPU is shorter and faster.

Storage Scale System 6000 can now be configured with 19.2TB or 38.4TB IBM FlashCore Modules for increased data density and data resilience. It supports up to 9 expansion enclosures, enabling up to 18PB of HDD storage capacity per rack. Storage Scale System 6000 uses a building-block approach with performance that scales linearly, i.e.: a cluster of 10 Storage Scale System 6000 systems is capable of more than 3 terabytes per second throughput