With Intel News, Graid Expands Quest to Deliver World-Class RAID
Graid Technology, the creators of SupremeRAID, the GPU-accelerated redundant array of independent disks (RAID) solution that has emerged as a breakout player in the NVIDIA ecosphere, has announced an agreement with Intel to take on Intel Virtual Raid on CPU (VROC) licensing for data center and workstation customers. The move advances Graid Technology’s traction with enterprise as Intel VROC has a loyal following across industries and gives the company a complement to the SupremeRAID portfolio addressing a broader landscape of deployment scenarios. It also signals a continued evolution of Intel’s business as it focuses its investment on areas tied to foundry and core processor development.
The deal, which is expected to be finalized by end of year, will move all licensing of Intel VROC keys and customer management to Graid Technology while Intel will maintain key generation based on Intel Xeon processors. VROC enables the Intel Xeon processor to act as a RAID controller, eliminating the need for an add-on card to manage RAID environments. It has been well received in the market since its introduction in 2017 as part of the Intel Xeon “Purley” platform. The technology is utilized by many original equipment manufacturers as the default RAID software control for NVMe configurations and is seen as foundational for Intel RAID environments.
The TechArena Take
So, how do we view this deal? Intel realized how sticky VROC was with Xeon customers a couple of years ago when the team tried to cancel support for the feature and received urgent customer feedback to change directions. The Graid Technology deal gives Intel an elegant solution, placing the business in the hands of a company that is very much invested in RAID solution delivery. Graid Technology benefits from an expanded solution portfolio to bring to customers, delivering Intel VROC for less-performance-sensitive arrays and SupremeRAID for those environments that require the performance boost that SurpremeRAID provides. Ultimately, customers win as their trusted VROC keys persist in the market with a new trusted partner.
Graid Technology, the creators of SupremeRAID, the GPU-accelerated redundant array of independent disks (RAID) solution that has emerged as a breakout player in the NVIDIA ecosphere, has announced an agreement with Intel to take on Intel Virtual Raid on CPU (VROC) licensing for data center and workstation customers. The move advances Graid Technology’s traction with enterprise as Intel VROC has a loyal following across industries and gives the company a complement to the SupremeRAID portfolio addressing a broader landscape of deployment scenarios. It also signals a continued evolution of Intel’s business as it focuses its investment on areas tied to foundry and core processor development.
The deal, which is expected to be finalized by end of year, will move all licensing of Intel VROC keys and customer management to Graid Technology while Intel will maintain key generation based on Intel Xeon processors. VROC enables the Intel Xeon processor to act as a RAID controller, eliminating the need for an add-on card to manage RAID environments. It has been well received in the market since its introduction in 2017 as part of the Intel Xeon “Purley” platform. The technology is utilized by many original equipment manufacturers as the default RAID software control for NVMe configurations and is seen as foundational for Intel RAID environments.
The TechArena Take
So, how do we view this deal? Intel realized how sticky VROC was with Xeon customers a couple of years ago when the team tried to cancel support for the feature and received urgent customer feedback to change directions. The Graid Technology deal gives Intel an elegant solution, placing the business in the hands of a company that is very much invested in RAID solution delivery. Graid Technology benefits from an expanded solution portfolio to bring to customers, delivering Intel VROC for less-performance-sensitive arrays and SupremeRAID for those environments that require the performance boost that SurpremeRAID provides. Ultimately, customers win as their trusted VROC keys persist in the market with a new trusted partner.
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