OCZ Launches Z-Drive R4 CloudServ PCI Express

OCZ Research Group, a provider of high-performance solid-state drives for computing devices and systems, on Tuesday announced the Z-Drive R4 CloudServ PCI Express flash storage solution, designed to accelerate cloud computing applications and reduce operating expenses in the data center. The new Z-Drive R4 CloudServ features monumental data throughput, and raises the bar in performance and capacity.

Ryan Petersen, CEO of OCZ Research, notes that "the Z-Drive R4 CloudServ PCIe solid state drive delivers game-changing performance and enables customers to process massive data-sets with up to 16TB of storage capacity on a single, easy-to-deploy card."

With increasing emphasis on cloud computing and the sheer growth in data, PCIe-based flash storage systems have the ability to bypass traditional storage overhead by reducing latencies, increasing throughput, and enabling efficient processing of massive quantities of data. The Z-Drive R4 CloudServ is capable of transferring multiple gigabytes per second and delivering over a million IOPS with a level of concentrated performance that enables system architects to design more productive infrastructures during lowering costs associated with hardware failure, maintenance, structural footprint, and energy consumption.

The latest evolution of the Z-Drive R4

The latest evolution of the Z-Drive R4, the CloudServ, is exactly designed for the most demanding cloud computing applications with increased capacities and even greater bandwidth capabilities delivering up to 1.4 million IOPS. Melding hardware and software managed solutions with OCZ's integrated Virtualized Controller Architecture(TM) 2.0 and OCZ's SANRAD VXL virtual acceleration caching software, the Z-Drive.

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