Colfax Will Integrate OCZ PCIe SSDs

OCZ
Technology Group, Inc. announced that Colfax International will deploy OCZ Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSDs
into Colfax’s new lines of enterprise servers based on Intel’s dual socket Sandy Bridge-EP platform.

Providing a compact, power-efficient solid-state solution that fits directly
into a system’s PCIe slot, OCZ’s Z-Drive R4 increases server
application performance while delivering fast access to data without burdening
host CPU and memory resources. OCZ’s combination of high-performance, low
latency, and high storage capacity make the Z-Drive R4 ideally suited for the
new Colfax Sandy Bridge EP-based servers targeted towards demanding enterprise
applications that include cloud computing, server virtualization and consolidation, HPC, and OLTP.

Colfax’s latest servers and workstations are based on the new Intel Xeon E5
2600 EP processors, and enable up to eighty lanes of Gen 3 PCIe throughput. The
OCZ Z-Drive R4 SSDs can take advantage of this expanded I/O capability to
increase bandwidth and reduce I/O bottlenecks, which in turn boosts overall
system efficiency. With a growing emphasis on cloud computing and big data in
the enterprise, the new Colfax CX2230i-X5 2U servers or FX8400 workstations can
be configured with up to seven Z-Drive R4 3.2 TB drives,
achieving up to 20 GB/s throughput while enabling 22.4 TBs of total storage
capacity. OCZ Z-Drive R4 PCIe
SSDs consume less power and provide a reduction in TCO for today’s data center.

"We are pleased that
Colfax International selected our Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSDs to be deployed in their
new enterprise server solutions that utilize the recently announced Intel Sandy
Bridge Xeon E5 2600 EP processors," said Kevin Wagner, VP
of Enterprise Product Management for OCZ Technology. "Our OCZ Z-Drive R4 provides an exceptional combination of maximum storage
IO and density while reducing the burden on host resources, resulting in a
faster, more efficient solution for data center and cloud applications."

"As part of our evaluation process
in selecting a PCIe-based solution to implement in our new enterprise servers,
our Fortune 1000 customers need ultimate performance, maximum storage capacity,
and a controller architecture that can effectively manage all transactions
without disrupting host resources," said Gautam Shah, president of
Colfax International. "We found a
complete solution in OCZ’s Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSDs that not only make it easy for
our customers to deploy in their IT infrastructures, but also reduce their
overall TCO."

The Z-Drive R4 offers industry performance and software
management features for enterprise customers seeking higher transactional
speeds and energy efficiency in large scale server deployments, available in
both a half height version for space constrained applications and a full
height version for larger form factor servers and workstations.