HP Expands Z Workstation Portfolio

HP Inc. extended its innovation for workstations by announcing a storage solution that is 16 times faster than a SATA SSD at a similar cost and a heat-transfer solution to reduce system noise for its powerful Z Workstations.

HP Z workstation

“As the workstation industry leader, HP Inc. looks to take its commitment to the professional a step further with every new product and innovation,” said Jim Zafarana, VP and GM, workstations and thin clients, HP. “HP Workstations’ engineering DNA is our special sauce – driven by over three decades in the business and a true understanding of our customers’ needs that helps them solve business problems our competition isn’t addressing to the same extent.“

The Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro provides users with improved performance and reliability to speed through large storage challenges. It resolves the storage bottleneck by permitting users to power through large storage challenges with performance speeds.

Z Workstations can be equipped with up to four Z Turbo Drive G2 modules ⁽¹⁾ into one PCIe x16 card. This solution delivers sequential performance up to 9.0GB/s. ⁽²⁾ Additionally, the Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro uniquely enhances data integrity from power loss protection circuitry to correctly save work in the event of a power failure.

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The Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro can be used with company’s Z440, Z640 and Z840 workstations that are built to address the constraints of compute-intensive industries, including media and entertainment, CAD, architecture, finance, healthcare, scientific imaging, and oil and gas exploration. Announced on September 29, the Z240 Tower and Z240 SFF Workstations can use up to two Z Turbo Drives and starting on November 16 will be available with entry-level Xeon processors at a starting price of $879.

HP Z Cooler

The Z Cooler is a quiet cooling solution designed to reduce system noise in Z workstation environments – even under the most demanding workloads. The solution helps lower CPU fan speed and delivers up to a 8.5 dBA acoustic level reduction – perceived as being 40% quieter to the human ear – versus previous generations. The noise reduction benefits come from HP’s unique, revolutionary heat-transfer solution that combines 3D vapor chamber technology and company’s staggered, hex-fin design.

Z Cooler is a, simplified solution that eliminates pumps and plumbing, and is grounded in 30 years of HP innovation and reliability. It represents one of the industry’s quietest solutions and helps minimize distractions and boost user productivity. The Z Cooler will be available with the Z440 and Z840 workstations.

“HP led the industry, introducing liquid cooling solutions for workstations years ago,” said Ron Rogers, VP and head engineering, workstations and thin clients, HP Inc. “As other vendors are just now catching up to that solution, HP once again is leading the way in delivering a new, advanced cooling technology with fewer moving parts resulting in quieter systems and increased reliability, ultimately enabling a more productive workplace experience.“

Z professional displays
The Z22n and Z23n Narrow Bezel IPS Displays provide a captivating view with minimal visual disruptions. The panels, the narrowest three-sided displays from HP, are nearly borderless on three sides and include factory color calibration for consistent color between projects and displays and flexible device connectivity.

Users will benefit from the virtually views provided by the 178-degree viewing angle IPS technology. The color gamut (calibrated 95% and 96% sRGB respectively) delivers optimal color quality.

Price and availability:

Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro is planned for availability in November and priced at $1,376 (€2,401) for a fully loaded card with four 256GB modules.
Z Cooler is available starting at $120.
Z22n and Z23n are available and priced at $209 (€243) and $229 (€264) respectively.

⁽¹⁾ Each sold separately.
⁽²⁾ Sequential read performance tested with Iometer 1.1.0 with 12 workers, queue depth of 128, file size of 128K.