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The Hammerspace Advantage

The Future of AI and HPC Data

Hammerspace is built on open, standard protocols to give you a single, high-performance data platform.

A Philosophy of Openness and Flexibility

The Hammerspace Data Platform is engineered to unify, automate, and accelerate your data estate by breaking the constraints of legacy storage.

Built on Open Standards, Not Proprietary Lock-in

We leverage standard, open protocols like pNFSv4.2, NFS, SMB, and S3 that you already use. This means there’s no client software to install on application servers and no agents required on your storage. Applications, tools, and workflows work seamlessly, without proprietary lock‑in or long‑term risk.

Data-in-Place Access, Not Forced Migrations

Instead of complex copy‑and‑migrate projects, Hammerspace assimilates metadata to virtualize your data in place on existing storage. You get instant, unified access to all your unstructured data—across every silo, site, and cloud—in a single global namespace, turning your entire data estate into an AI‑ready resource.

Increase Performance on Existing Hardware, Not Just New Arrays

Increase utilization and output of on‑premises and cloud GPU clusters with our Tier 0 architecture, transforming local NVMe into a shared storage tier that delivers up to 10x greater performance than any external flash array. For AI and other high‑performance workloads, Tier 0 feeds GPUs faster using resources you already own, reducing the need to add costly new storage silos.

Automated Data Orchestration, Not Manual Data Movement

We separate the data from the storage. This allows you to set business-based rules—what we call Service Level Objectives (SLOs)—to automate data placement and movement. Need a dataset for an AI training run in a specific cloud? Hammerspace automatically places the data there just in time, without user intervention. This automates your entire data pipeline, eliminating manual copy jobs and wasted time.

How Hammerspace Compares

Not all data platforms are created equal. Many solutions use similar language but are built on legacy architectures for simpler problems.

These systems force you to choose between performance and flexibility. They create new silos and lock you into proprietary hardware.

Hammerspace is fundamentally different. We are The High-Performance Data Platform for AI Anywhere, built to Unify your data, Automate your workflows, and Accelerate your AI models with open, standards-based technology.

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Features

NAS

HPC File Systems

Hammerspace

Easy to Connect, Plug-N-Play

Easy to Connect, Plug-N-Play

Enterprise Data Services

Enterprise Data Services

HPC-Class Performance

HPC-Class Performance

Cost-Effective at Scale

Cost-Effective at Scale

Multi-Site, Hybrid-Cloud

Multi-Site, Hybrid-Cloud

Compared To

Scale-Out NAS

Clustered Silos
Parallel Global File System, Not Clustered Silos

Instead of funneling data access through siloed NAS controllers, Hammerspace unifies all your storage from any vendor with a scalable parallel global file system. Coupled with Hammerspace’s accelerated data orchestration services, this eliminates hotspots and data‑gravity issues, ensuring consistent high performance for demanding AI, HPC, and general enterprise use cases, regardless of where your data is stored.

Compared To

High-Performance AI Platforms

Vendor Lock-in
Open Standards, Not Proprietary Lock-In

We use standard, open protocols—pNFSv4.2, S3, SMB, and NFS—that you already use today, without modification. There’s no proprietary software to install and no vendor‑specific hardware to buy. You gain elite performance from the infrastructure you already own, while avoiding the cost and risk of proprietary ecosystems.

Compared To

Managed Lustre / Other HPC FIle Systems

High Complexity
Performance with Simplicity & Global Reach 

We deliver the parallel file system performance you expect from traditional HPC systems but without the complexity or operational overhead. Hammerspace extends a single global namespace across any storage type—including cloud and object—and automates data orchestration, something these legacy systems were never designed to do.

Compared To

Cloud-Native File Services

Large Data Migrations
Extend Your On-Prem Resources Without Migration

Cloud‑specific services like Managed Lustre perform well within their own ecosystems but require large‑scale data migrations. Hammerspace provides a unified data plane that seamlessly extends your on‑premises data resources to any cloud‑based environment. Automated data services orchestrate workloads to the optimal compute resources for each job, minimizing costly data movement and preserving true multi‑cloud freedom.

Compared To

Hybrid Cloud NAS

Integration Complexity
Parallel Performance, Not Just Cloud Caching

Hybrid Cloud NAS is designed to consolidate office files into a central cloud repository. Hammerspace is a true parallel global file system that unifies on‑premises and cloud storage into a single namespace, accelerating distributed, performance‑intensive workloads. We non‑disruptively orchestrate data to the appropriate compute resources for each workload in the background, ensuring your applications and GPUs are never kept waiting and user access to data is never interrupted.

Compared To

Data Management & Copy Tools

Copy Sprawl
Integrated Access & Orchestration, Not Just a Mover
Standalone data movers can copy files between silos, but they create copy sprawl and can leave behind symbolic links and proprietary hooks. Hammerspace unifies access to your entire data estate across all storage types and locations, so everyone sees everything via standard protocols. Automated data services work behind the scenes to ensure that your data is instantiated at the right performance tier and location, without disruption or creating more copies.

Make Your Data AI Ready with Hammerspace

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