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Solution Brief
September 23, 2025

Unlock Extreme NVMe Performance: Award-winning SupremeRAID™ HE with Supermicro & BeeGFS

In today’s data-intensive world — from AI training to scientific computing to large-scale analytics — speed, reliability, and cost efficiency are non-negotiable. That’s where SupremeRAID™ HE shines. Developed by Graid Technology in partnership with Supermicro and BeeGFS, this high-performance NVMe RAID solution delivers the kind of throughput and scalability that today’s storage infrastructures demand.

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What Makes It Different

  • GPU-Accelerated RAID: SupremeRAID™ HE offloads overhead from the CPU by using GPU parallelism, letting your compute resources focus on what matters most.
  • Cross-Node High Availability & Array Migration: Rather than replicating data across nodes (which wastes resources), this solution enables seamless array migration across nodes for redundancy and resilience.
  • Near-Theoretical NVMe Throughput: Tested on a 2U Supermicro SBB system (SSG-221E-DN2R24R) with 24 dual-port NVMe drives, the brief shows read speeds of 132 GB/s and write speeds of 83 GB/s (post-RAID) locally — that’s over 90% of theoretical max.
  • Network Saturation on 400 Gb/s Links: On the client side via BeeGFS, the system pushes nearly 93 GB/s reads and 84 GB/s writes, saturating 400 Gigabit networking.

Why It Matters

For organizations running HPC clusters, intensive analytics, or any workload where storage truly is the bottleneck, SupremeRAID™ HE represents a leap forward. You get:

  • Better performance without dramatic increases in cost
  • Higher availability without the overhead of full cross-node replication
  • Scalability in a compact 2U footprint

Ready to see the numbers & technical details? Download the full solution brief now to explore testing environments, configuration options, and performance benchmarks. And if you’re thinking about deploying this for your environment, contact us — our team at Graid Technology is ready to help with sales inquiries, custom configurations, and integration guidance.

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