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July 22, 2021

NEWS: ⏩ Blocks & Files: " Graid uses SmartNIC approach to RAID Card for NVMe SSDs"

Graid uses SmartNIC approach to RAID Card for NVMe SSDs
By Chris Mellor -July 22, 2021

Startup  Graid has designed a RAID card using a massively multi-core processor designed for AI, and says it can keep up with NVMe SSDs without sucking up host server CPU cycles. Traditional RAID cards use an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and can handle SAS and SATA disk drives pumping out 200 IOPS and around 150MB/sec of throughput, according to GRAID... [Read the full story here]

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Every NVMe array pays a hidden storage tax — either 12–18% of line rate lost to a hardware RAID controller, or 18–28% of host CPU consumed by software RAID. With enterprise NVMe pricing up ~257% since Q2 2025, that tax now hits a much bigger check. SupremeRAID™ eliminates both halves by running RAID I/O on an NVIDIA GPU: full line-rate throughput, CPU cores returned to your applications, enterprise-grade protection on one card.
Graid Technology is proud to announce that it has been recognized in the 2026 Taiwan AI Awards, standing out among 137 outstanding companies.
This video demonstrates how to configure a RAID-protected storage volume using the SupremeRAID™ GUI. The walkthrough covers Physical Drive creation, Drive Group configuration with RAID level selection, and Virtual Drive provisioning — concluding with a block device visible to the OS and ready for use. Applicable to both Linux and Windows environments.