Bare Metal GPUs-as-a-Service (BMaaS) | Rafay Platform
Rafay-powered Bare Metal GPUs as a Service (BMaaS)
Rafay-powered Bare Metal GPUs as a Service (BMaaS) gives customers direct access to the host operating system on dedicated GPU servers, for teams running large distributed training jobs or highly opinionated software stacks that need control a virtualized environment cannot offer.
The platform delivers each server with secure access, networked with the customer's other rented servers and the right storage mounted, running with zero virtualization overhead for maximum performance on AI training, inference, and HPC.
- Automated Bring-Up: Rafay matches the request to inventory, boots and discovers the server, installs the OS, and configures drivers and services.
- Networking & Tenant Isolation: North-south through the Tenant Access Network, east-west over InfiniBand, with EVPN and Pkey isolation via NVIDIA UFM so one tenant's traffic never reaches another's.
- Storage, Access & Firewall: Per-tenant storage mounted to the server, SSH via password or key, a public IP from the tenant pool, and automated security groups and NAT rules.
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Bare Metal-as-a-Service in the Rafay Platform
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Bare Metal GPUs as a Service (BMaaS)
Bare Metal GPUs as a Service (BMaaS)
Rafay-powered Bare Metal GPUs as a Service (BMaaS) helps organizations turn dedicated compute infrastructure into secure, differentiated, and revenue-ready services.
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Simplify and Automate GPU Operations
Rafay automates how GPU servers are deployed, managed, and scaled across multiple tenants and environments.
Automated Bare Metal Bring-Up
Match servers from inventory, reserve IPs, boot and discover, install the OS, and configure drivers and services in one workflow
Network Automation & Tenant Isolation
Per-tenant VRFs, north-south tenant access, and optional firewall rules, programmed automatically as tenants onboard
High-Speed Interconnects
InfiniBand and Ethernet with RDMA for low-latency distributed training and HPC
Latest GPU Hardware
NVIDIA H100, A100, L40S and more, up to 8 GPUs per server with NVLink and NVSwitch
“We are able to deliver new, innovative products and services to the global market faster and manage them cost-effectively with Rafay.”
- Joe Vaughan, Chief Technology Officer, MoneyGram
Drive Efficiency and Business Value
Stand up a governed, multi-tenant bare metal service in weeks, not the months a hand-built platform requires
Move beyond commodity rentals with premium SKUs, performance SLAs, analytics, and integrated billing
Deliver air-gapped, compliant GPU environments tailored for regulated industries and national AI projects
Reallocate expensive GPUs to the next tenant in minutes, not weeks, with per-second billing to maximize utilization
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