Rafay-powered Virtual Machines-as-a-Service (VMaaS)

Rafay-powered Virtual Machines as a Service (VMaaS) delivers GPU- and CPU-based virtual machines as secure, scalable, consumption-based services, built on mature KVM virtualization. Rafay turns existing compute into fully managed, tenant-ready VM SKUs with governance, visibility, and automated lifecycle control, with NUMA topology-aware passthrough for near bare-metal performance and hardware-level tenant isolation.

• Near Bare-Metal Performance: NUMA topology-aware GPU passthrough on KVM, validated against the NVIDIA reference architecture.
• Hardware-Level Isolation: NVIDIA DPU-based hard tenancy with SELinux-enforced boundaries and per-tenant network and storage isolation.
• On-Demand with Metering: Self-provision 1 to 8 GPUs per VM, with per-second metering and billing.

Simplify Virtual Machine Provisioning and Governance

One workflow places, provisions, and configures each VM across environments

Smart Scheduling

Intelligent matchmaking places each VM by NUMA topology and GPU layout, then provisions it in one workflow

Integrated Storage Options

Turnkey connections to Ceph, DDN, Weka, Vast, Dell PowerStore, and other platforms

Hardware-Level Multi-Tenancy

NVIDIA DPU-based hard tenancy, with TEE-secured confidential VMs for sensitive workloads

Network Automation

Per-tenant VRF isolation, public and private IPAM, and automated firewall and NAT rules, with dynamic VRFs via Netris.

Convert Infrastructure into Compliant, High-Value Services

Convert idle compute resources into cloud-grade virtual machine services in weeks.

NUMA-aware passthrough delivers full GPU performance with the flexibility of VMs.

Deliver compliant, in-region VM services with VPC isolation and built-in governance.

Flexible SKUs and vGPU sharing drive fleet density, with per-second metering for precise chargeback.

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"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