Back to All Partners Vast Data INVITE Networks is a VAST Data unified AI storage partner, deploying high-performance file and object infrastructure for enterprise and mid-market organizations in Salt Lake City and Phoenix. INVITE handles platform sizing, deployment, and integration with GPU compute and AI pipelines — so customers get storage that keeps pace with AI workloads instead of bottlenecking them. TL;DR: INVITE Networks deploys and manages the VAST Data Platform to give organizations exascale-capable storage for AI, analytics, and unstructured data workloads across file, object, and streaming data types. This page is for IT directors and infrastructure leaders evaluating a VAST Data partner who can own the platform, not just quote the hardware. What does INVITE Networks deliver as a VAST Data partner? INVITE Networks deploys and manages the VAST Data Platform, built on VAST’s Disaggregated and Shared Everything (DASE) architecture to unify storage, database, and compute in a single system. The platform’s VAST DataStore component provides linearly scaling storage performance across file, object, block, table, and streaming data, making it a fit for GPU-heavy AI training and inference workloads as well as traditional enterprise data. INVITE’s role is to translate that platform into a production environment sized correctly for a customer’s compute infrastructure: architecting the cluster, integrating it with GPU servers and AI pipelines, and managing ongoing capacity and performance as workloads scale. Customers get storage that keeps pace with AI initiatives without dedicating a specialized team to run the platform. Why do Salt Lake City and Phoenix organizations choose INVITE for VAST Data storage? Organizations in Salt Lake City and Phoenix standing up AI and analytics initiatives quickly discover that traditional storage becomes the bottleneck once GPU compute is involved — training jobs stall waiting on data, and legacy storage systems weren’t built to feed data at the rate modern accelerators consume it. INVITE brings the infrastructure expertise to architect a VAST Data environment that’s sized correctly from the start, rather than customers finding out storage was the constraint only after the GPUs are already deployed. A financial services firm in the Phoenix area building out an internal AI analytics platform was seeing GPU utilization sit well below capacity because their existing storage couldn’t keep pace with training data throughput. INVITE deployed a VAST Data cluster alongside the firm’s GPU infrastructure, restructuring the data pipeline to eliminate the I/O bottleneck. GPU utilization on training jobs rose substantially, and the firm was able to run additional concurrent training workloads on the same compute footprint. How does INVITE manage VAST Data as part of its cloud and infrastructure services? VAST Data deployments are delivered through INVITE’s managed services practice, which covers cluster health monitoring, capacity planning, and firmware and software updates so the platform stays production-ready as AI workloads and data volumes grow. For customers building AI infrastructure that spans on-premises GPU clusters and public cloud resources, INVITE also draws on its broader cloud solutions practice to architect the connectivity and data movement between environments, ensuring the storage layer doesn’t become the constraint as AI initiatives scale. What VAST Data products does INVITE deploy and manage? INVITE architects and manages the core components of the VAST Data Platform based on a customer’s workload requirements. VAST DataStore handles unstructured data storage at scale across file and object protocols. VAST DataBase combines database, data warehouse, and data lake capabilities for structured and semi-structured data. VAST DataSpace provides the global namespace that lets data be stored, retrieved, and processed consistently across locations, and VAST InsightEngine supports real-time retrieval-augmented generation for organizations building AI applications directly on their data. INVITE selects the right combination of these components for each customer’s AI and data infrastructure, then manages the ongoing operations that keep the platform performing as workloads and data volumes scale. Looking for a VAST Data partner who manages the platform, not just sells the hardware? Contact INVITE to discuss a VAST Data engagement for your organization. Frequently Asked Questions: VAST Data Unified AI Storage Is INVITE an authorized VAST Data partner? Yes. INVITE Networks is an authorized VAST Data partner, with engineers trained to design, deploy, and manage the VAST Data Platform for AI, analytics, and enterprise storage workloads. Can INVITE manage a VAST Data deployment if we don’t have an internal AI infrastructure team? Yes. Most organizations deploying VAST Data for AI initiatives don’t have a dedicated team running the storage layer full-time. INVITE handles cluster architecture, deployment, and ongoing management as part of a managed services engagement, so customers get exascale-capable storage without building out specialized internal staff. What makes VAST Data different from traditional enterprise storage for AI workloads? VAST Data’s core differentiator is its DASE architecture, which disaggregates compute and storage while sharing everything across the cluster, allowing performance to scale linearly as GPU compute and data volumes grow rather than hitting the bottlenecks common to traditional scale-up or scale-out storage systems. INVITE architects that platform so it’s sized to keep pace with a customer’s specific GPU infrastructure. How long does a VAST Data deployment take with INVITE? Timelines depend on cluster size and how it integrates with existing GPU or compute infrastructure, but a typical initial deployment — covering architecture, installation, and integration with compute resources — runs four to eight weeks. Migrating existing data and tuning performance for specific AI workloads is usually phased in over the following weeks as usage patterns become clear.
