Reference Architecture for Generative AI Compute and Storage with Lenovo ThinkSystem

Generative AI (GenAI) and its subset of large language models (LLMs) have exploded on the scene to offer capabilities never seen.

This document focuses more the role external storage plays in a comprehensive GenAI solution. The sections that follow address the challenges above, provide an optimized reference architecture, and discuss the appropriate solution hardware. Although this document focuses on GenAI and LLMs, the content presented support equally as well any deep learning modelling methodology, like computer vision and natural language processing.