GRAID server with many options - Starline Computer: Storage und Server Lösungen von erfahrenen Experten

Midi tower with NVMe pool and GRAID performance

A server concept for the discerning: Expandable high-end server for special tasks

GRAID booster on board

Demanding tasks require powerful hardware. That's why we have created a concept server that achieves great things on a small footprint: It provides over 30 terabytes of raw capacity on its eight built-in NVMe SSDs and also has space for a separate HDD pool.

Thanks to its high transfer rates, this central unit is particularly suitable for video post-production, editing and compositing. That's why we're also showing it at IBC 2024 in Amsterdam. But the NVMe machine also performs well in the medical sector – for example in diagnostic imaging – or in interaction with databases.

GRAID booster on board

Measured performance

The GRAID card passed our internal tests in combination with just four Kioxia SSDs with flying colours (the transfer rate increases with additional SSDs): under RAID5, the server achieved a read data rate of over 10 GB/s (AJA System Test, left screenshot). Depending on the I/O size, the ATTO Disk Benchmark was even able to measure 17 GB/s in read mode. 

AJA & ATTO Benchmark Raid5 4xKIOXIA NVME

Platforms for GRAID servers

OS Support:
AlmaLinux, CentOS, Debian, openSUSE Leap, Oracle Linux, SLES, RHEL, Rocky Linux, Ubuntu, Windows Server 2019/2022, Windows 11

Virtualisation environments:
KVM, Proxmox VE, Virtuozzo, OpenVZ, Windows Server Hyper-V

The server concept in detail:

GPU-boosted Supermicro server 

  • 16 core AMD Milan CPU with 3.00 GHz
  • 256 GB RAM, DDR4-3200 registered ECC DIMM
  • GRAID SupremeRAID SR-1001-12
  • Broadcom P225P, 25/10 Gb Ethernet NIC, PCIe x8, 2x SFP28
  • 8x 3.840 GB Kioxia NVMe SSDs, U.2, PCIe 4.0 (x4), 1 DWPD
  • Installation and function test

 

Expandable by:

  • 5 free PCIe4.0 slots
  • 2 free M.2 slots on the mainboard
  • 4 free LFF drive slots, e.g. for Tier1 storage

GRAID SupremeRAID SR-1001: A new era of server technology

One of the most advanced technologies in NVMe RAID is the SupremeRAID SR-1001, a GPU-based RAID card that sets new standards for performance and efficiency. Unlike conventional RAID cards, the SR-1001 utilises the massive parallel processing power of GPUs.

This leads to a drastic reduction in latency times and a significant increase in throughput rates. The SupremeRAID SR-1001 can process several million IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second), ensuring that even the most demanding applications in modern data centres are supported.

Any questions?

BW
Bernd Widmaier
Sales

Sales manager and expert in vertical markets and in Mac, video storage and media streaming.