Hammerspace vs. Delska

Hammerspace is an innovative storage solution that unlocks the vast amounts of fast local NVMe storage inside GPU servers, turning what was previously stranded capacity into a new ultra-fast storage tier that accelerates AI training and checkpointing. Designed to overcome the limitations of expensive and complex legacy storage systems, Hammerspace enables consistently high GPU utilization by providing low-latency, parallel access to data across thousands of servers simultaneously. The platform’s global data architecture is built on standard NFS protocols, eliminating the need for proprietary clients and simplifying integration with existing Linux storage servers and hybrid cloud environments. By orchestrating data movement between on-premises and cloud infrastructure, Hammerspace supports flexible AI workflows that maximize resource usage and minimize power consumption. Hammerspace has been proven through MLPerf benchmarks to deliver scalable, linear performance gains, dramatically speeding up checkpointing times by 10 to 100 times. Trusted by industry leaders like Meta and Los Alamos National Laboratory, it helps reduce external storage costs, power usage, and rack space requirements. The platform’s intuitive interface and rapid deployment allow organizations to bring petabytes of capacity online within days and start accelerating AI workloads immediately. Its hyperscale NAS architecture ensures consistent throughput and low latency at scale, critical for large machine learning projects. By transforming idle GPU server storage into a shared, protected resource, Hammerspace redefines cost efficiency and performance in AI infrastructure. This technology empowers data-driven organizations to innovate faster, reduce their energy footprint, and optimize their AI investment returns.

Delska operates as a specialized data center and network service provider, delivering customized IT and networking solutions for enterprises. With a total of five data centers in Latvia and Lithuania—one of which is set to open in 2025—and additional points of presence in Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden, we create a robust regional ecosystem for data centers and networking. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in our goal to reach net-zero CO2 emissions by 2030, establishing a benchmark for eco-friendly IT infrastructure in the Baltic region. Beyond traditional services like cloud computing, colocation, and data security, we also introduced the myDelska self-service cloud platform, designed for rapid deployment of virtual machines and management of IT resources, with bare metal services expected soon. Our platform boasts several essential features, including unlimited traffic and fixed monthly pricing, API integration, customizable firewall settings, comprehensive backup solutions, real-time network topology visualization, and a latency measurement map, supporting various operating systems such as Alpine Linux, Ubuntu, Debian, Windows OS, and openSUSE. In June 2024, Delska expanded its portfolio by merging with two companies—DEAC European Data Center and Data Logistics Center (DLC)—which continue to function as separate legal entities under the ownership of Quaero European Infrastructure Fund II. This strategic merger enhances our capacity to provide even more innovative services and solutions to our clients.