HP Z Turbo Drives, PCIe MLC SSDs for Z Desktop Workstations

Hewlett-Packard Development company, L.P. announced two workstations firsts, updates to its virtual workstation and real-time collaboration software to enable remote workstation productivity from a Windows 8 tablet and a solution to solve the storage bottleneck for customers creating large data files.

HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) 7.0 enables real-time collaboration between multiple users simultaneously, delivering workstation-class productivity with little to no loss of performance. By turning swipes into hot keys, gestures into control keys and pinches into zooms-along with a precision onscreen mouse that uses the entire screen as a track pad-HP RGS 7.0 increases productivity for remote users of touch PCs or Windows 8 tablets, including the new HP ElitePad 1000.

HP Z Turbo Drives are a PCIe-based SSDs for desktop workstations, allowing users to access up to twice the performance at a cost similar to standard SATA SSD. They reduce boot up, calculation and graphics response times – even with 4K video – and changes the way of how HP Z Workstations handle large files.

“The customers rely on HP to deliver compelling end-to-end solutions to address the most challenging problems and the changing workforce,” said Jim Zafarana, VP and GM, commercial solutions business unit, HP. “RGS 7 is a first of its kind, defining a new future for remote workstation productivity from a tablet, while Z Turbo Drive is the first solution of its kind to solve the storage bottleneck.”

HP RGS 7.0: High-powered collaboration
HP RGS is remote desktop software that offers a different way for workstation users to get the job done, enabling real-time collaboration between multiple users simultaneously and providing remote access to a workstation with little to no loss of performance. RGS enables animators, designers and engineers to work and collaborate more efficiently across geographies by connecting them to their high-powered workstations, wherever they may be.

HP RGS has features developed specifically for workstation users and is a remote software protocol in the workstation market that allows users to host interactive collaboration sessions. ItS delivers the fastest response time of any workstation-class remote software protocol and supports Linux applications. And with HP Velocity 2.1 bundled with RGS, the connection stays live even in poor network conditions.

HP Z Turbo Drives: Performance that streamlines workflows
HP Z Turbo Drive offers fast storage performance at a price comparable to solutions with less than one-third the speed. It uses industry-standard PCIe protocol to deliver fast speed. It is a cost-effective way to gain storage speed for HP Z Desktop Workstations.

Pricing and availability

• HP Remote Graphics Software 7.0 is expected to begin shipping on all HP Z Workstations starting in July and is expected to be available for free download by existing HP Z Workstation customers in mid-May. It is expected to be available for purchase in mid-May for use on all other supported hardware.
• HP Z Turbo Drive is expected to be available starting in May. The drive will launch with two capacities available, 256GB and 512 GB, priced at $499 and $899, respectively.