Graid Technology Launches Revolutionary GPU-Based RAID Solution, SupremeRAID SR-1001

[TheLostSwede]

Graid Technology, an industry trailblazer in GPU-based RAID for NVMe, proudly announces the groundbreaking release of SupremeRAID SR-1001. This innovative GPU-based RAID solution is designed to maximize NVMe SSD performance while eliminating CPU cycle consumption and avoiding throughput bottlenecks. Utilizing patented out-of-path RAID protection technology, data travels directly from the CPU to the NVMe SSDs, ensuring unmatched flexibility, unprecedented performance, and overall superior value.

NVMe SSDs, with their high-speed performance and low latency, significantly enhance tasks across CAD, video editing, IoT, and gaming. Faster loading times, improved rendering, quick file transfers, smooth playback, efficient data processing, and reduced latency contribute to overall superior performance. But traditional RAID methods introduce bottlenecks, limiting the performance of NVMe SSDs in critical applications.




GPU-based SupremeRAID SR-1001 supports up to 8 NVMe SSDs and delivers superior performance and flexibility for towers and edge servers, professional workstations, and gaming desktops. SupremeRAID SR-1001 is the perfect storage choice for engineers, videographers, telcos, CSPs, and MSPs. Its powerful performance capabilities are well-suited for applications such as CAD, video editing, IoT, and gaming.

"As NVMe SSDs play a crucial role in cloud, core, and edge infrastructure, the demand for enhanced data protection without compromising performance is evident," said Leander Yu, President and CEO of Graid Technology. "SupremeRAID SR-1001 addresses this need by delivering best-in-class performance and airtight data protection while optimizing throughput, parallelism, and latency, ensuring seamless performance at the edge. We are excited to add the SR-1001 to the SupremeRAID suite of products."

Graid Technology continues to lead the industry with innovative storage solutions, ensuring optimal NVMe SSD performance and superior data protection across diverse applications. The SupremeRAID SR-1001 is available immediately through all Graid Technology resale partners and distributors worldwide.

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[Ferrum Master]

Raid over CUDA? GL with kernel updates lol.

 

[Onasi]

What GPU are they even using here? Their 1010, I believe, is a fairly obvious A2000. Specs match. But this one? Did they take a Max-Q Quadro and stuck it onto an AIB? i trawled through their site and they are surprisingly stingy with info on hardware used.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

What GPU are they even using here? Their 1010, I believe, is a fairly obvious A2000. Specs match. But this one? Did they take a Max-Q Quadro and stuck it onto an AIB? i trawled through their site and they are surprisingly stingy with info on hardware used.

Lower end Quadro from the Turing generation, it looks like. Probably the T1000.

 

[Ferrum Master]

What GPU are they even using here? Their 1010, I believe, is a fairly obvious A2000. Specs match. But this one? Did they take a Max-Q Quadro and stuck it onto an AIB? i trawled through their site and they are surprisingly stingy with info on hardware used.

If you look into Linux docs there is A2000 shown in a terminal screenshot, thus my remark.

 

[Onasi]

If you look into Linux docs there is A2000 shown in a terminal screenshot, thus my remark.

Yeah, that is their 1010, other model. Hence was my original question since I could identify that, but the new one eluded me.

 

[Assimilator]

They literally took a T1000 and Photoshopped their logo over the NVIDIA one

Since the NVMe SSDs are obviously not residing on the same board as the processor, data has to go over the PCIe bus 4 times (from the requesting device to the card, from the card to the SSD(s), from the SSD(s) to the card, from the card back to the requesting device) versus twice for a standard HW RAID card with the SSDs on-board. So latency is going to be horrible.

That's not to mention that this device has 16 lanes of PCIe but supports 8 NVME SSDs which have a total of (8 x 4) = 32 lanes. So anything more than 4 drives is going to be bottlenecked.

Smells like yet another tech scam.

 

[trsttte]

Seems like an iterative update over their previous SR-1000 (which was also just an nvidia gpu) and they didn't fix any of the inherent problems. Sure it will help you go slightly faster but it's also basically casting your data into a void hoping and dreaming it might still be there when you need it. Overall not a great idea...

Wendell from Level1techs went over the previous version in more detail

 

[lexluthermiester]

Seems like an iterative update over their previous SR-1000 (which was also just an nvidia gpu) and they didn't fix any of the inherent problems. Sure it will help you go slightly faster but it's also basically casting your data into a void hoping and dreaming it might still be there when you need it. Overall not a great idea...

Wendell from Level1techs went over the previous version in more detail

Hardware RAID is not dead and is NEVER a bad idea. What a silly notion from Wendell...

 

[trsttte]

Hardware RAID is not dead and is NEVER a bad idea. What a silly notion from Wendell...

The title is hyperbole for the algorithm but care to elaborate? In the video he shows examples on how hardware raid doesn't do what it was once supposed and expected to do, it can make you go faster but doesn't give any guarantees of data integrity.

 

[lexluthermiester]

The title is hyperbole for the algorithm but care to elaborate? In the video he shows examples on how hardware raid doesn't do what it was once supposed and expected to do, it can make you go faster but doesn't give any guarantees of data integrity.

That depends on both how you look at the term "data integrity" and implement a RAID array. Done properly, even RAID 5 is excellent. RAID 6 is best for balancing space, speed and redundancy.
(I didn't watch the video, the title did not inspire..)

 

[thestryker6]

The title is hyperbole for the algorithm but care to elaborate? In the video he shows examples on how hardware raid doesn't do what it was once supposed and expected to do, it can make you go faster but doesn't give any guarantees of data integrity.

Hardware RAID never really did much to protect against silent data corruption as it's always been to protect against hardware failure predominantly. The threat of bitrot and other data corruption are quite frankly overblown on smaller arrays (like the 8 disk this card is for) unless you're playing fast and loose with what runs on your system and aren't using ECC memory. If you're running massive arrays you're not using hardware RAID anymore and this type of product is designed to bridge the gap between hardware and software if maximum performance is needed.

I replaced a 8x 4TB RAID 6 array on a SNB Xeon with a 5x 18TB RAID-Z2 array on a 12700K and while the latter is generally faster than the former there are some places it isn't and this translates when using NVMe. I could see where one of the Graid systems would be good as it provides a big performance uplift over pure hardware or software solutions. If you were worried about bitrot then a resilient filesystem would be necessary though you wouldn't get the maximum level of protection.

They cover some of these concerns here: https://www.graidtech.com/supremeraid-frequently-asked-questions/

If you're curious about the level of performance these things have the potential for: https://www.storagereview.com/review/graid-supremeraid-gen5-support-lets-ssds-fly

 

[scott brown]

What GPU are they even using here? Their 1010, I believe, is a fairly obvious A2000. Specs match. But this one? Did they take a Max-Q Quadro and stuck it onto an AIB? i trawled through their site and they are surprisingly stingy with info on hardware used.

Graid Technology SR-1001 is based on the Nvidia T400. Please see https://www.graidtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-SR-1001_brochure-specs_2024-01-24.pdf