Name

Viking Enterprise Solutions

Legal name

Viking Enterprise Solutions - a division of Sanmina Corporation

Website

https://vikingenterprisesolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Data Storage Hardware

NAICS

Computer Storage Device Manufacturing (334112), Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (33411), Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Computer Storage Devices (3572), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Server Hardware Platforms (Rack/Tower/Blade) (HDABADAA)

Keywords

• Enterprise data storage
• NVMe storage servers
• GPU server platforms
• JBOD storage enclosures
• Software-defined storage

Headquarters

HQ city

Costa Mesa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Hardware Sales: Viking Enterprise Solutions generates revenue through the sale of enterprise storage hardware including GPU servers, NVMe storage platforms, HDD/JBOD storage enclosures, and streaming video servers. Products are sold through channel partners, VARs, integrators, and directly to enterprise customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Viking Enterprise Solutions designs, manufactures, and sells enterprise data center storage and server platforms, including GPU servers, NVMe and NVMe-over-Fabrics storage, high-density SAS/JBOD enclosures, and software-defined storage. The portfolio is sold primarily through channel partners (distributors, VARs, and system integrators) for use by midmarket enterprises, cloud service providers, and OEM customers.

Product overview

Viking Enterprise Solutions is a product division of Sanmina (Fortune 500) that designs, develops, and manufactures hardware and software solutions for enterprise data storage. The product portfolio spans GPU server platforms (VSS3120 for AI/ML workloads), NVMe storage servers in multiple form factors (VSS2249RQ/PQ, VSS2562, VSS2320), NVMe over Fabric solutions (VDS2249R2), HDD/JBOD platforms (VDS41022 with 102 drives, VDS4607 with 60 drives), streaming video servers (NDS2402), and software-defined storage solutions (Cloud Native Obsidian with NFS/SMB/S3 protocols). The portfolio also includes the Kove:SDM Memory Tower for software-defined memory and the ONYX Series for unified backup/archive storage. All products are channel-friendly with a dedicated partner portal and are designed for enterprise data center deployments requiring high density, high availability, and scalability.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ONYX Series: Affordable, turnkey, high capacity and ultra-dense unified storage solution designed for backup & archive, online disaster recovery, video surveillance and media content storage.
• Cloud Native Obsidian (CNO)
• Kove:SDM Memory Tower

Products and services

• VSS3120 GPU Server Platform A 3U GPU server platform for AI/ML training, inference, and hybrid edge deployments, featuring AMD EPYC Genoa processors, PCIe Gen 5.0 slots supporting up to three dual-slot or five single-slot NVIDIA GPUs (L4, L40S, H100 NVL), up to 10 NVMe SSDs, hot-swappable redundant components, redundant power supplies, and support for 2-post or 4-post rack mounting at edge sites. Targeted at enterprises and AI/ML teams needing GPU compute close to data sources.
• VDS41022 SAS-4 JBOD Enclosure A SAS-4 high-density JBOD enclosure with 102 LFF (3.5-inch) drives at 12 Gb/s SAS, featuring two active 24 Gb/s I/O modules for high-availability storage expansion. Purpose-built for hyperscale data centers that need maximum drive density and non-disruptive service in 4U of rack space.
• VDS4607 SAS-4 High-Density JBOD A 4U/60-bay SAS-4 high-density JBOD expansion enclosure supporting 3.5" or 2.5" SAS/SATA HDD and SSD drives with two active 24 Gb/s I/O modules. Designed for enterprise storage expansion where high capacity and high availability are required in a compact footprint.
• NDS2402 Hybrid Edge and CDN Platform A 2U hybrid edge and CDN platform for streaming video workloads, powered by AMD EPYC (up to 64-core, 225W TDP) with up to 24 3.5" spinning drives and eight PCIe Gen 3 or Gen 4 U.2 NVMe SSDs. Targeted at media and entertainment operators delivering video capture, sharing, post-production editing, and streaming workflows.
• VSS2249RQ High Availability Storage Server A 2U high-availability storage server with 24 dual-port U.2 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe drives. Each server module accesses all 24 NVMe drives with dual-port devices, providing 96 PCIe lanes to drives and 96 PCIe lanes to the network for high-availability shared storage deployments.
• VSS2249PQ VMware Storage Server A 2U 24-bay NVMe PCIe Gen 4 multi-node storage server validated and certified by VMware as a Ready Platform and Compute solution for virtualization environments. Features PCIe Hot-Plug Ready, UEFI Secure Boot, SR-IOV Support, and Trusted Platform Module for enterprise virtualization deployments.
• VSS2562 High-Density NVMe Storage Server A 2U 56-bay NVMe storage server with patented high-density design, delivering up to 3.3 PB capacity using 60 TB drives. Features AMD Milan processors, PCIe 4.0 technology, and dual-port NVMe drive support, targeting customers who need maximum NVMe density in a compact 2U footprint.
• VSS2320 NVMe PCIe 5.0 Shared Storage Server A 2U 32-bay NVMe PCIe 5.0 high-availability shared storage server with AMD EPYC Genoa CPUs, 32 EDSFF E3.S SSDs, and extreme performance of 495 GB/s read and 195 GB/s write, supporting capacity up to 1.92 PB in 2U. Targeted at performance-intensive enterprise workloads requiring high IOPS and throughput.
• VDS2249R2 NVMe over Fabric Enclosure An NVMe-over-Fabric enclosure delivering NVMe performance across Ethernet fabrics with 24 x 2.5" U.2 NVMe SSD bays, up to six 100 GbE QSFP28 ports, support for RoCE v1/v2 and TCP, and dual hot-swappable fabric modules. Hardware-based NVMe-oF target protocol handling eliminates host CPU requirement for ultra-low latency shared storage across the data center.
• Kove:SDM Memory Tower A software-defined memory appliance co-developed with Kove, Red Hat, and Computacenter, providing 39 TiB (43 TB) of real memory across the data center with 5.2 Tb/s bandwidth. Powered by Red Hat Enterprise Linux and supporting up to 64 PiB of real memory per process, enabling unlimited server memory pooling at local-memory latency for HPC, AI, and in-memory database workloads.
• Cloud Native Obsidian (CNO) A distributed software-defined storage solution based on cloud-native architecture, providing object storage with NFS, SMB, and S3 protocol support. Features replication technology, disaster recovery, immutable storage with object locking, up to 6 nines (99.9999%) data availability, ransomware protection, Microsoft Active Directory SSO integration, and cloud backup/sync to Amazon S3, Alibaba Cloud OSS, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox. Targeted at enterprises needing on-premises cloud-style storage with ransomware-safe data protection.
• ONYX Series Unified Storage An affordable, turnkey, high-capacity and ultra-dense unified storage solution in a 5RU form factor with up to 2 PB capacity. Designed for backup and archive, online disaster recovery, video surveillance, and media content storage, and bundled with the VESq data management system for midmarket enterprises.

Quantifiable outcome

• VSS2562 provides up to 3.3 PB storage capacity in 2U form factor
• +9 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• KovecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Kove collaborated with Viking Enterprise Solutions, Red Hat, and Computacenter to create the Kove:SDM Memory Tower. This groundbreaking software-defined memory solution provides unlimited server memory pooling across the data center, with Kove providing the patented SDM technology.
• Red HatcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025Red Hat collaborated on the Kove:SDM Memory Tower, providing Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the foundation for the software-defined memory solution. The partnership enables enterprises with scalable memory and compute infrastructure.
• ComputacentercoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 March 2025Computacenter partnered with Kove and Viking Enterprise Solutions to deliver the Kove:SDM Memory Tower with enterprise-level integration expertise and support capabilities.
• Stream StationminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStream Station is a solution provider and reseller specializing in streaming media solutions for businesses with unique communication needs. They utilize VES storage for their streaming video infrastructure.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Supermicro: Supermicro builds rack-scale server and storage platforms (GPU servers, NVMe all-flash arrays, high-density JBOD) sold largely through channel partners to data center and HPC buyers, the same product category, customer base, and channel-led GTM model that defines VES.
• Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions Group: Lenovo's ThinkSystem servers and storage products (including high-density NVMe and OEM for hyperscalers) sell through a similar channel structure to overlapping mid-market and enterprise buyers, making Lenovo one of the closest like-for-like competitors to VES's portfolio.
• Pure Storage: Pure Storage ships all-flash NVMe arrays (FlashArray) and unified storage targeting enterprise and CSP-style workloads, exactly the segment where VES's VSS2320/VSS2562 are positioned; Pure's software-led Evergreen model competes for the same IT buyer.
• NetApp: NetApp's AFF, FAS, and StorageGRID families target enterprise SAN/NAS/object buyers that VES serves via ONYX and CNO; both vendors pitch 6-nines-class enterprise storage and partner sell through VARs in similar channel ecosystems.
• Quantum Corporation: Quantum sells high-density storage (Scalar tape, DXi backup, F-series NVMe arrays) to media/entertainment, surveillance, and enterprise archive buyers, a customer set and product positioning that overlaps with VES's ONYX, VDS JBOD, and streaming-server lines.

Broad incumbents

• Dell Technologies: Dell sells PowerEdge servers, PowerScale/PowerVault storage, and HCI through a global direct-plus-channel model; while broader portfolio, PowerStore, PowerScale, and Dell XC overlap head-on with VES's NVMe storage, JBOD, and GPU server platforms for enterprise and CSP accounts.
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise: HPE ProLiant and Apollo servers plus Alletra/3PAR/Primera storage compete directly with VES in enterprise and CSP buying cycles; HPE's broader services and GreenLake financing give it scale advantages VES cannot match from a single product division.
• Cisco (UCS / HyperFlex): Cisco UCS servers and HyperFlex HCI share enterprise data center accounts with VES NVMe platforms; while broader networking-led portfolio, Cisco competes on integrated compute+storage+network bundles that VES must counter through channel partners.

Emerging players

• Inspur Information: Inspur's NF and NX server lines plus high-density NVMe storage target the same hyperscale/CSP and AI customer segment, particularly in Asia and EMEA; an increasingly viable low-cost alternative to Western OEMs for the same workloads VES platforms support.

Regional players

• Huawei FusionServer: Huawei FusionServer and OceanStor storage compete for the same enterprise and CSP buyers as VES, but primarily outside the US/NATO footprint due to trade restrictions; relevant comparable on product capability, not direct head-to-head in VES's core markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance13 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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