Solutions Featuring New Intel® Solid-State Drive Data Center Family

ZT Systems collaborated with leading hyperscale customers to design purpose-built platforms featuring the Intel® Solid-State Drive Data Center Family for PCIe. Taking advantage of Intel’s high performance controller interface, NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory express,) these new PCIe Gen3 SSDs were shown to deliver low latency and consistent Quality of Service. ZT’s proof-of-concept solutions incorporating these drives demonstrated exceptional performance with world-class reliability and endurance under infrastructure-level compute and storage workloads.

ZT Systems designs platforms to meet individual hyperscale customer requirements. Enhancing flexibility for platform design, the Intel® Solid-State Drive Data Center Family for PCIe is available in both Add-In card and 2.5-inch form factors and in capacities ranging from 400GB to 2TB. With PCIe Gen3 support and NVMe queuing interface, these drives deliver excellent sequential read performance of up to 2.8GB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 2.0GB/s. Very high random read IOPS of 460K, and random write IOPS of up to 175K for 4KB operations, make these drives ideal for inclusion in ZT solutions designed for webscale content delivery and storage applications.

ZT Solutions featuring the Intel® Solid-State Drive Data Center Family for PCIe take advantage of the direct path from storage to CPU by means of NVMe, exhibiting low latency of less than 20 ?s for sequential access to the SSD. The P3700 Series also includes High Endurance Technology (HET), which combines NAND silicon enhancements and SSD NAND management techniques to extend SSD write endurance up to 10 drive writes per day for 5 years.

To learn more about how ZT Systems Compute and Storage Solutions featuring Intel® Solid-State Drive Data Center Family for PCIe can improve performance, efficiency and reliability in your data center, contact our sales team.

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ZT Systems Sponsors Row to the Future Program

ZT Systems is proud to sponsor the 2014 Row to the Future Breakfast in Seattle, empowering youth throughout the Puget Sound community to make healthier lifestyle choices now and in the future.

“This partnership is a great example of ZT Systems’ continuing commitment to the communities we call home,” said Brent Miller, Vice President of Marketing & Business Planning for ZT. “Our business has thrived because of the way our technology helps empower people and communities through the cloud. We’re thrilled to be able to give back in a way that is meaningful for our staff and the communities they are a vital part of.”

Row to the Future’s program is unique among urban sports, leveraging strong partnerships to create an innovative network of youth program opportunities. The 2014 Row to the Future Breakfast will honor the successes of the past year, which has been pivotal in bringing the conversation about youth rowing to a national platform. In the Puget Sound region alone, 2013 saw Row to the Future and affiliated programs introduce indoor and outdoor rowing to thousands of youth.

About Row to the Future: Row to the Future is the youth development initiative of the George Pocock Rowing Foundation. We are introducing students to indoor rowing through P.E. classes in Seattle Public Schools as part of Erg Ed, our school-based program. Erg Ed provides opportunities beyond the classroom through camps, field trips and indoor-rowing competitions. We also provide support for on-the-water rowing as part of Rainier Valley Rowing (RVR), which helps students overcome barriers to participation in traditional junior rowing programs such as cost, swimming ability and transportation. For more information, visit www.rowtothefuture.org.

New Solutions based on AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series Processors

ZT Systems Announces Precision-Fit Data Center Server Solutions
based on AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series Processors

Secaucus, NJ — November 5, 2012 —ZT Systems, a leading provider of complete server and rack-level compute solutions for large and hyperscale data centers, today announced solutions featuring the powerful new AMD Opteron™ 6300 Series processors based on the Piledriver core architecture. Joined with ZT’s signature custom engineering, integration and delivery capabilities, these platforms form the basis for precision-fit solutions to the unique technical and business requirements of individual data center customers.

“ZT Systems is pleased to work with AMD in announcing customized platforms featuring Opteron 6300 series processors,” said Brent Miller, ZT Systems Vice President of Marketing and Business Planning. “ZT solutions powered by these new processors can help our customers benefit from improved server performance and efficiency, while extending platform lifecycles for greater overall cost effectiveness. ZT Systems’ precision-fit design approach coupled with this latest generation of AMD processors provides an attractive option for large data center customers seeking an optimal balance of performance, scalability and cost.”

ZT server solutions featuring Opteron 6300 Series processors offer up to 37 percent higher performance per watt than comparable prior generation solutions, which means data centers running robust large-scale software systems will be able to enjoy high performance combined with low total cost of ownership (TCO). Leveraging ZT servers featuring Opteron 6300 Series processors, with up to 16 cores and 3.5 GHz base frequency, customers can optimize data center floor space through consolidation and tackle the most processor-intensive server workloads.

ZT solutions begin with close, confidential customer engagement to establish application requirements and data center constraints. Server platforms are designed using industry-standard parts, combined where necessary with custom elements and innovative engineering approaches. To ensure high levels of consistent quality, ZT’s controlled manufacturing process includes shop floor control, change management, BOM control and component level tracking for all systems.

For optimal ease of deployment, servers can be pre-racked and cabled, and full racks can be shipped worldwide with an industry-leading delivery SLA. ZT’s commitment to operational excellence is demonstrated by a strong track record of on-time delivery, and global service, support and RMA capabilities keep server fleets running dependably.

About ZT Systems: Backed by USA-based manufacturing and over 18 years’ experience, ZT Systems serves data center operators from the largest internet infrastructure companies to top research universities and government entities.

Announcing “Vanity-Free” Open Compute Server Solution Initiative

ZT Systems Announces “Vanity-Free” Open Compute Server
Solution Initiative at Open Compute Summit 2012

San Antonio, TX — May 2, 2012 — ZT Systems, a gold sponsor of the Open Compute Summit and leading provider of complete server and rack-level hardware solutions optimized for hyperscale data centers, today announced an initiative to develop vanity-free, cost-effective servers in conjunction with the Open Compute Project (OCP.) ZT will combine OCP designs with unique customization capabilities to deliver a new range of server solutions that are “precision-fit” to the technical and business requirements of individual large data centers.

“As an active participant in the Open Compute Project working group, ZT Systems contributes significant expertise in low power and efficiency-optimized custom server platform design,” said Casey Cerretani, ZT Systems Chief Technology Officer. “With the explosive growth of cloud computing, we’ve seen a range of innovations around performance and energy efficiency in server and data center design. This new initiative and a strengthening partnership with OCP enable ZT to leverage a powerful new set of tools for providing efficient server solutions to our customers.”

Originally an initiative launched by Facebook, the Open Compute Project has evolved into a collaborative dialogue between large server customers and hardware providers to develop the most efficient computing infrastructure possible. Forthcoming ZT Systems solutions leveraging the latest open compute design concepts can improve server and storage cost effectiveness, ease of maintenance and energy efficiency for volume data center customers.

ZT solutions begin with close customer engagement to establish application requirements and data center constraints. Server platforms are designed using industry-standard parts, combined where necessary with custom elements and innovative engineering approaches. To ensure high levels of consistent quality, ZT’s controlled manufacturing process includes shop floor control, change management, BOM control and component level tracking for all systems.

For optimal ease of deployment, servers can be pre-racked and cabled, and full racks can be shipped worldwide with an industry-leading delivery SLA. ZT’s commitment to operational excellence is demonstrated by a strong track record of on-time delivery, and global service, support and RMA capabilities keep server fleets running dependably.

About ZT Systems: Backed by USA-based manufacturing and over 17 years’ experience, ZT Systems serves data center operators from the largest internet infrastructure companies to top research universities and government entities.

ZT Announces Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Based Solutions

ZT Systems Announces Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 Based
Server Solutions for Precision-Fit Data Centers

Secaucus, NJ — March 6, 2012 — ZT Systems, a leading provider of customized server hardware solutions, today announced a range of new server platforms featuring the powerful Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family. Joined with ZT’s custom design, integration and delivery capabilities, these platforms form the basis for precision-fit solutions to the unique technical and business requirements of individual large data centers.

“More and more customers with scale-out workloads like cloud computing and web analytics are discovering the benefits of server platform customization,” said Casey Cerretani, ZT Systems Chief Technology Officer. “From board level design to custom enclosure options, our clients demand that every possible optimization has been made to ensure the best performance within their data center design and cost parameters. Our experience with large deployments of the new Intel® Xeon® processor E5 product family has demonstrated that custom ZT servers featuring this new technology can cost-effectively maximize application performance and data center efficiency.”

ZT Systems has worked closely with hyperscale cloud and supercomputer customers on early implementation of custom platforms featuring this new generation of processors, which deliver up to 80% more performance than previous-generation processors, plus increased I/O capacity and latency reduction of up to 30%. Customers can benefit from ZT’s unique experience designing, building and deploying platforms featuring this technology into real-world data center environments. Standard 1U and 2U server dual processor rackmount server platforms based on the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family are available today, and serve as starting points for customization to meet specific customer needs.

“The new Intel® Xeon® processor E5 product family is designed to address the key data center challenges with more performance, efficiency and innovative I/O technologies,” said CJ Bruno, VP, GM Intel Americas. “With a growing number of customers, ZT has the proven ability to combine the benefits of our new Xeon processors with extensive platform customization to produce solutions optimized for the specific requirements of large server deployments.”

ZT solutions begin with close, confidential customer engagement to establish application requirements and data center constraints. Server platforms are designed using industry-standard parts, combined where necessary with custom elements and innovative engineering approaches. To ensure high levels of consistent quality, ZT’s controlled manufacturing process includes shop floor control, change management, BOM control and component level tracking for all systems. For optimal ease of deployment, servers can be pre-racked and cabled, and full racks can be shipped worldwide with an industry-leading 15-day delivery SLA. ZT’s commitment to operational excellence is demonstrated by a strong track record of on-time delivery, and global service, support and RMA capabilities keep server fleets running dependably.

About ZT Systems: Backed by USA-based manufacturing and over 17 years’ experience, ZT Systems serves data center operators from the largest internet infrastructure companies to top research universities and government entities.

Solutions Powered by AMD Opteron™ 6200 and 4200 Series Processors

ZT Systems Announces Precision-Fit Server Solutions Powered by New AMD Opteron™ 6200 and 4200 Series Processors

Secaucus, NJ — Nov. 14, 2011 — ZT Systems, a leading provider of customized server solutions for large-scale data centers, today announced solutions featuring the powerful new AMD (NYSE: AMD) Opteron™ 6200 and 4200 Series processors. Both processors are based on AMD’s widely anticipated “Bulldozer” microarchitecture, and represent an attractive new solution for data center customers who demand energy-efficient, cost-effective server computing performance.

Utilizing ZT Systems 2210Ra servers featuring AMD Opteron 6200 Series processors, with up to 16 cores, customers can optimize data center floor space through consolidation and tackle the most processor-intensive server workloads. Featuring AMD Opteron 4200 Series processors, ZT Systems 1257Ra servers are ideal for cloud computing and other applications where energy efficiency and value are at a premium. Both platforms leverage ZT’s custom engineering, integration and global delivery capabilities to produce precision-fit solutions for data center customers ranging from small and medium enterprises to large-scale cloud computing providers.

“ZT Systems is pleased to join AMD in enabling customers with server solutions based on these powerful new processors,” said Travis Scott, ZT Systems Director of Marketing. “With the AMD Opteron 6200 Series processors’ high core count, the ZT Systems 2210Ra platform is an outstanding solution for customers running demanding analytics applications. The AMD Opteron 4200 Series-powered ZT Systems 1257Ra is an attractive option for cloud computing customers, and builds on ZT’s experience designing some of the world’s most energy-efficient servers. Each platform is an important addition to ZT’s industry-leading capabilities for customizing server solutions to fit the unique requirements of individual data centers.”

“ZT Systems servers featuring the AMD Opteron 6200 and 4200 Series processors enable greater throughput, exceptional value and readiness to scale than previous generations,” said John Fruehe, director of Server Product Marketing, AMD. “With ZT rapidly bringing customized solutions featuring this new technology to market, we look forward to enabling data center customers to help reach new levels of performance and energy efficiency.”

ZT solutions begin with close customer engagement to establish application requirements and data center constraints. Server platforms are designed using industry-standard parts, combined where necessary with custom elements and innovative engineering approaches. To ensure high levels of consistent quality, ZT’s controlled manufacturing process includes shop floor control, change management, BOM control and component level tracking for all systems. For optimal ease of deployment, servers can be pre-racked and cabled, and full racks can be shipped worldwide with an industry-leading 21-day delivery SLA. ZT’s commitment to operational excellence is demonstrated by a strong track record of on-time delivery, and a global service, support and RMA capability keeps server fleets running dependably.