HP Z Turbo Drive G2 The new HP Z Turbo Drive G2 features the next generation PCIe SSD. This M.2 form factor device uses PCIe Gen3 x4 which enables performance levels greater than 2GB/s, which is roughly 4x greater than SATA SSDs. The Random Read performance is significantly improved also, due to the NVMe controller technology used on the device. This performance is available at a price that is comparable to commercial SATA SSDs. The HP Z Turbo Drive G2 will be supported on desktop platforms of HP Z Workstations including Z240, Z440, Z640 and Z840. It will support storage configurations as a Boot device and as a Data device. It also can be configured with other storage components including SATA and SAS drives and controllers. Not all configurations are available from the factory.The HP Z Turbo Drive G2 is supported on the current desktop workstation platforms, including Z240, Z440, Z640, and Z840. It is supported as a boot device and a data device(s). It is also supported by our current offering of Operating Systems, including Linux, and may require a separate driver, depending on OS. It does require a BIOS update for any system shipped prior to the Z Turbo Drive G2 launch, minimum BIOS is 1.53. It can be configured with additional hard drives, both SATA and SAS, and with multiple Z Turbo drives per system. All supported configurations are not available as factory options in all regions.