Scality and WEKA partner to deliver high-performance AI storage with efficient object tiering
WEKA delivers ultra-high-performance, Scality extends the capacity and economic benefits, providing faster data pipelines with lower cost for AI and HPC workloads
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scality, a leader in cyber-resilient object storage, and WEKA, the AI storage system company, today announced a new jointly validated solution that combines WEKA’s NeuralMesh™ high-performance storage with Scality RING’s cost-efficient object tier. The solution offers enterprises the best of both worlds: flash-speed performance for active AI and high-performance computing (HPC) data, combined with scalable, durable capacity for large datasets, while reducing cost and complexity without compromising speed.
At the heart of the new solution is Scality’s proven object connector for NeuralMesh, a lightweight, object storage interface validated by WEKA at scale. Compared to conventional S3 interfaces, Scality RING achieved up to 10x faster performance on similar hardware in Scality testing, with up to 20% lower infrastructure costs. This enables organizations to extend their NeuralMesh-powered AI and HPC data pipelines more economically while avoiding the management overhead associated with traditional object stores.
“WEKA’s NeuralMesh storage system delivers the high-performance software foundation modern AI pipelines require to run optimally. Enterprises that leverage the Scality RING lightweight connector together with NeuralMesh can achieve additional economic benefits, leveraging a cost-efficient object tier,” said Nilesh Patel, chief strategy officer at WEKA. “This enables our mutual customers to achieve their AI project outcomes faster and more efficiently.”
The joint solution architecture keeps new and active data on WEKA’s NeuralMesh flash tier, while seamlessly tiering data to Scality’s exabyte-scale, resilient object storage. This ensures optimal performance and long-term cost control, without forcing customers into expensive, all-flash deployments.
Customer benefits include:
- Performance when and where it matters: NeuralMesh by WEKA maximizes GPU utilization, accelerates time to first token, and powers AI pipelines at flash speed.
- Economics at scale: Scality RING scales to exabytes with up to 14 nines durability, with the object connector for NeuralMesh providing an efficient object tier with up to 20% lower costs compared to traditional object integration.
- Simplified tiering: Proven interoperability validated by WEKA — no engineering changes required.
- Speed and reliability vs. Ceph: Purpose-built for NeuralMesh by WEKA, the new connector integration provides a faster, more manageable, and reliable alternative to community-driven object stores, with enterprise-grade support.
“Our partnership with WEKA gives enterprises a smarter way to extend the economics of their AI pipelines,” said Erwan Girard, chief product officer at Scality. “WEKA drives the performance; Scality provides the scale. Together, we help customers reduce infrastructure costs and management complexity while keeping their AI and HPC environments running at peak efficiency.”
Availability: The Scality RING with NeuralMesh Connector for WEKA solution is available now. Detailed information is available at https://www.scality.com/partner/weka/ . For general information, visit scality.com or weka.io.
About Scality
Scality solves organizations’ biggest data storage challenges — growth, security, performance, and cost. Designed for end-to-end cyber resilience, only Scality S3 object storage with CORE5 safeguards data at every level of the system, from API to architecture. Its patented MultiScale Architecture enables limitless, independent scalability in all critical dimensions to meet the unpredictable demands of modern workloads. The world’s most discerning companies depend on Scality to accelerate high-performance AI initiatives, optimize cloud deployments, and defend their data with confidence. Recognized as a leader by Gartner, Scality software is reliable, secure, and sustainable. Follow us on LinkedIn. Visit www.scality.com and our blog.
About WEKA
WEKA is transforming how organizations build, run, and scale AI workflows through NeuralMesh™, its intelligent, adaptive mesh storage system. Unlike traditional data infrastructure, which becomes more fragile as AI environments expand, NeuralMesh becomes faster, stronger, and more efficient as it scales, growing with your AI environment to provide a flexible foundation for enterprise and agentic AI innovation. Trusted by 30% of the Fortune 50 and the world’s leading neoclouds and AI innovators, NeuralMesh maximizes GPU utilization, accelerates time to first token, and lowers the cost of AI innovation. Learn more at www.weka.io, or connect with us on LinkedIn and X.
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