> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.newport.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Newport: Documentation

> Overview of Newport compute, networking, and storage products for AI and HPC workloads

Newport provides a cloud infrastructure platform optimized for AI training, inference, and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. This page gives an overview of the products available to build, connect, and run your workloads.

**QUICKSTART**

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  **START HERE:** [**QUICKSTART**](/quickstart)
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### Compute

Newport offers compute options for running containerized AI and HPC workloads:

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  <Card title="Newport Kubernetes Service (NKS)" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Managed Kubernetes on bare metal for training, inference, and HPC.
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  <Card title="NEWK" icon="star" href="/features/overview">
    Slurm on Kubernetes for batch and burst workloads.
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  <Card title="Inference" icon="wrench" href="/guides/setup">
    Serverless and dedicated inference options for serving AI models.
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  <Card title="Sandbox" icon="code" href="/api/introduction">
    Ephemeral compute sandboxes for agents and code interpretation.
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### Storage

Newport storage solutions support the data requirements of AI and ML workloads:

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  <Card title="Newport AI Object Storage" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    S3-compatible storage for datasets, model weights, and checkpoints.
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  <Card title="Dedicated VAST Storage" icon="star" href="/features/overview">
    Single-tenant VAST clusters with multi-protocol access at petabyte scale.
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  <Card title="Distributed File Storage" icon="wrench" href="/guides/setup">
    POSIX shared filesystem for multi-node access and distributed training.
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  <Card title="Local Storage" icon="code" href="/api/introduction">
    Ephemeral storage on GPU nodes for scratch space and caching.
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### Networking

Newport networking products create secure, high-performance connections between your resources and services:

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  <Card title="Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs)" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Isolated networks for CKS clusters.
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  <Card title="HPC Interconnect" icon="star" href="/features/overview">
    GPUDirect RDMA with InfiniBand for GPU-to-GPU communication.
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  <Card title="Direct Connect" icon="wrench" href="/guides/setup">
    Private links through Equinix and Megaport.
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  <Card title="IP addresses" icon="code" href="/api/introduction">
    Public IPv4 and Bring Your Own IP.
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  <Card title="Ingress Service" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
    Public DNS names for services.
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