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GPUDirect Storage · GDS

NVIDIA technology moving data directly from storage into GPU memory, bypassing the CPU bounce buffer.

Current numbers

~7x / ~10xDynamo + wide-EP MoE throughput on GB200 NVL72 vs B200 (Dynamo 1.0 GA at GTC 2026); NIXL+GPUDirect Storage prefill speedup for long contextas of 2026 · register ↗
40+ GB/sGPUDirect Storage direct-to-GPU; VAST/GDS sustains >90% of 200 Gbps line rate; 2–3x utilization lift in I/O-bound configsas of 2025 · register ↗
40+ GB/sdirect storage-to-GPU over GPUDirect Storage; VAST/GDS sustains >90% of line rate; 2–3x GPU-utilization lift in I/O-bound configsas of 2025 · register ↗

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