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AI Data Engine

Learn how AI Data Engine storage administrators work with AIDE components

Contributors netapp-dbagwell

As a storage administrator, you manage the AIDE infrastructure through ONTAP and the AIDE Console, provisioning workspaces, attaching guardrail policies, and monitoring system health. Your role focuses on ensuring reliable, secure, and compliant data storage for AI workloads.

Storage administrator component access

Component Access level Storage administrator workflow

ONTAP System Manager

Manage (create, edit, delete)

You use ONTAP System Manager as your primary interface for cluster administration, workspace provisioning, guardrail policy management, and monitoring system health.

AI Data Engine Console

Manage (create, edit, delete)

You use the AI Data Engine Console to monitor workspaces, view collection status, and oversee system activity across the AIDE environment.

ONTAP REST API

Manage (create, edit, delete)

You use the REST API to automate infrastructure tasks, manage workspaces and guardrail policies programmatically, and integrate AIDE administration with external tools and workflows.

Workspaces

Manage (create, edit, delete)

You create and manage workspaces using ONTAP System Manager. You select which data sources are included, assign permissions to data engineers and data scientists, and attach guardrail policies to enforce governance and compliance. You also monitor workspace health and access.

Data collections

View (read-only)

You view the status and health of data collections within each workspace using System Manager. You ensure underlying data sources are available and protected, but you do not create or modify collections.

Guardrails

Manage (create, edit, delete)

You define and attach guardrail policies to workspaces using System Manager. You monitor guardrail status and compliance reports. You ensure policies are enforced and updated as needed.

Metadata catalog

Monitor (view health, status, activity)

You ensure the metadata catalog is populated and up to date. You monitor catalog health and support access control.

Vector database

Provision/Monitor (deploy, configure, view status)

You provision and monitor the vector database infrastructure, ensuring data compute nodes with GPU resources and proper licensing are in place. You support the environment but do not manage embeddings or queries directly.

Classifiers

Manage (create, edit, delete)

You create, configure, and manage classifiers and their categories. You apply classifiers to workspaces and monitor their effectiveness.