How RackN Cut the AI Cluster Reset Time from a Week to 90 Minutes | Rob Hirschfeld

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Resetting a massive AI cluster used to take days—sometimes an entire week. In this clip, Rob Hirschfeld, CEO of RackN, explains how his team helped a major service provider cut cluster reset times from a week to just 90 minutes using Digital Rebar automation. Each 64-machine AI training cluster represented hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, and any idle time meant lost ROI. Hirschfeld reveals how automation enabled a full system wipe, reconfiguration, BIOS update, and network rebuild in record time—allowing teams to hand clusters back to users faster and operate at true cloud speed. He also discusses why AI infrastructure is uniquely challenging, from hybrid InfiniBand networks to GPU-intensive workloads, and why every minute saved matters. Check out more at www.rackn.com Read the full story at www.tfir.io Become a Client/Sponsor: https://tfir.io/tfir-video-vip/ #AIInfrastructure #RackN #Automation #DigitalRebar #GPU #PlatformEngineering #AIOps #CloudNative #DevOps #BareMetal