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Comprehensive documentation to help you get started with VAST Data
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Product Areas

Data storage, ingestion, pipelines, streaming, SQL analytics, AI/ML, sharing and compute.

VAST Platform

Cluster, hardware, network, VMS

Install, run and support a VAST cluster.

VAST DataStore

File, object and block

NFS, SMB, S3 and block on one namespace.

VAST DataSpace

Global namespace, multi-cluster

Global access, snapshot clones and multi-cluster management across sites and clouds.

VAST DataBase

Tabular, transactional, vector

Set up on the cluster in Platform Guides; build on it in Data Platform.

VAST DataEngine

Functions, triggers, pipelines

Serverless compute next to the data.

VAST Event Broker

Kafka-compatible streaming

Publish S3 and system events; consume with any Kafka client.

VAST Catalog

Queryable metadata

Configure in Platform Guides; query with Trino, Python or Jupyter.

VAST SyncEngine

Onboard and migrate data

Installation, user guide and release notes on their own cadence.

I am a…

Start from your role.

Storage administrator

Runs the cluster day to day.

Platform engineer / SRE

Automates, integrates, monitors.

Data engineer

Builds pipelines on DataBase, Event Broker and DataEngine.

Data scientist / ML engineer

Queries, trains and serves against VAST data.

Application developer

Talks to VAST through APIs, SDKs and protocols.

Field / solutions engineer

Designs and deploys for customers.