Why a Workstation?

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Mission-critical
reliability
HP Z Workstations are designed and engineered
to optimize the way the processor, memory,
graphics, operating systems, and application
software components work together in all
congurations. This whole-system focus,
combined with ecient power and cooling
solutions, helps you accomplish more with
each minute of your time. And, the ultra-quiet
performance of HP Z Workstations is perfectly
suited for use in quiet oce environments.
Tested beyond industry standards
Our customers put their workstations through
the toughest trials, so we do too—before
they can. Our HP Z Workstation engineers
conduct 115,000 hours of rigorous testing
to ensure world-class reliability. We subject
components to rigorous testing to verify their
performance under extreme conditions. In
brutal three-axis testing—where frequency,
voltage, and temperature are varied—our
engineers push the limits of processors,
memory, and other system parts. This
three-axis testing uses proprietary tools
and techniques, and stresses components
in ways that help detect potential design or
component weaknesses that would otherwise
go unnoticed. In some cases, rigorous
qualication enables us to nd issues that
have been previously overlooked by our
component vendors. Our strong relationships
and inuence with these partners enable us
to obtain and integrate improved components
into our systems, many of which are unique to
HP Z Workstations.
Carefully chosen components
We design our systems based on professional
application demands, a full-time customer
use model and a ve-year design life. This
strenuous design standard drives the types
of components we use and how we design
our machines. Our engineers physically
deconstruct workstation components to
study the materials and the chemicals used in
them. Even the smallest and most common
electronic components, like resistors and
capacitors, are carefully chosen based on
quality, reliability and top performance.
Engineered BIOS
HP BIOS helps hardware compatibility and
increases workstation reliability by reducing
power consumption through preset sleep
states, adjustable fan speeds that maximize
operating eciency, and power management
features.
ECC memory for data integrity
Memory errors can happen anywhere,
anytime—with consequences as disastrous
as a system crash in the middle of a critical
operation.
Error Correction Code (ECC) memory detects
and corrects soft errors in the memory
system on the y, preserving the integrity
of your data. HP oers ECC memory on
our workstations so your mission-critical
applications can run smoothly with minimized
memory errors.
Independent Software Vendor (ISV)
certication
HP supports an extensive list of application
partners and works closely with many
software vendors to ensure that these
applications work smoothly and awlessly
on HP Z Workstations in all possible
congurations. HP also provides a test suite
to graphics vendors, to help increase the
reliability and stability of industry-standard
graphics products. Learn more about how our
relationships power you.
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Ultimately, our intense focus
on reliability gives you
greater peace of mind
when running professional
applications on an
HP Z Workstation. You know
that you have a system
that is designed, tested, and
proven for the work you do.
hours of testing
150,000