GPU-accelerated RAID

GPU-accelerated RAID is NVMe RAID processing offloaded to a GPU instead of a hardware RAID controller or the host CPU. The example here is Graid Technology's SupremeRAID, sold in several editions including Ultra, Core, SE and AE. SupremeRAID pairs Graid's software with an NVIDIA GPU in the server. Graid states Ultra and Core need no cache battery.

Graid's SupremeRAID Ultra, formerly SR-1010, uses an NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada on PCIe Gen 4 x8, dual-slot, at up to 70 W. It supports 32 direct-attached NVMe drives, RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10, and Graid claims up to 30 million read IOPS and 280 GB/s per card. SupremeRAID Core, formerly SR-1001, uses an RTX A400 at 50 W and supports 12 drives. SupremeRAID SE runs on existing consumer or RTX PRO GPUs from Turing to Blackwell, for 4 or 8 drives. SupremeRAID AE is Linux only, takes data center and RTX PRO GPUs from Ampere to Blackwell, and its page cites GPUDirect Storage.

Match edition to drive count and OS first. Budget a slot and up to 70 W for the RAID GPU, and check the NVMe model against Graid's supported list. IOPS figures are vendor claims.

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Last verified October 30, 2026.