Consolidated Data Storage, L.L.C.

From enterprise storage to GPU cloud

Consolidated Data Storage, known as CDS, began as a specialist in enterprise data storage and now centers its offer on GPU computing. Its site describes an AI-optimized platform prepared for containers, virtual machines and bare-metal servers, which customers can configure and launch as instances. The firm also advises on the GPU, network and storage choices that sit behind demanding workloads.

The GPU platform

The company provides GPU services for artificial intelligence, machine learning, data processing and simulation. It presents NVIDIA Blackwell hardware as its newest generation, and the site lists several system types, including an eight-GPU baseboard design and a larger supercluster option intended for large model inference. Customers who want dedicated capacity can use a GPU cluster on a private cloud, which the company describes as offering high bandwidth, control over data security, low latency and unmetered GPU use. For enterprises with very large requirements it offers volume terms. Orchestration tools let virtual machines and Kubernetes work together with the GPUs.

Storage and recovery work

The older half of the business remains visible. Services include data protection, data virtualization, server recovery, business continuity and disaster recovery as a service, plus storage optimization, re-architecture and reclamation. It also provides consulting, assessments and storage implementation, and it works with Fibre Channel over Ethernet. Cloud technology services cover private, hybrid and public cloud, and a partner program invites other firms to resell or collaborate.

Examples from its storage record

The firm has published case studies. For a healthcare group, it moved data between storage arrays using its regulatory knowledge of HIPAA and FDA rules, and reported reduced downtime. For an insurer, it led the storage side of a datacenter move and set up replication. For a manufacturer, it installed a first storage area network, and for a school system and an electricity grid operator, it deployed a storage virtualization controller and site replication. The company describes itself as independent of storage vendors, so its advice does not tie clients to one manufacturer.