A 2U25 for Data Platforms That Won't Bottleneck? TFNEW ZN-2211
TL;DR: TFNEW launched the ZN-2211, a 2U25 general-purpose server, on September 21, 2026. It stacks up to 26 2.5-inch drive bays on 2x 5th/4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable with 32 DDR5 slots (5600 MT/s), ten PCIe 5.0 slots and two OCP 3.0 NIC slots accepting 200 Gb NICs — a node where storage density, memory bandwidth and network throughput are sized together, not one at the expense of another. Get specs and pricing: sales@tfnew.com.
Core Specifications (with Plain-Language Terms)
The ZN-2211 is a "2U25" server: a 2U chassis (87 mm tall, 799 mm deep) with 25 front 2.5-inch drive positions — up to 24 SAS/SATA/NVMe plus 2 additional bays — the dense thin-drive layout distributed-storage platforms prefer. Around it: two 5th/4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors on an Intel C741 chipset, 32 DDR5 slots up to 5600 MT/s, up to ten standard expansion slots at PCIe 5.0 x16 capability, and two onboard OCP 3.0 NIC slots (Open Compute Project mezzanine standard) that accept 1/10/25/100/200 Gb NICs and smart NICs — so a single node can uplink at 200 Gb and offload to smart NICs without burning a riser slot. RAID is SAS4.0/SATA3.0 with 0/1/10/5/50/6/60 and super-capacitor cache protection. Management is a DC-SCM 2.0 module with AST2600 BMC (IPMI 2.0 / Redfish); cooling is six hot-swap fans in N+1; power is 1+1 redundant CRPS from 1300 W to 3200 W.
Specs at a Glance
| Item | ZN-2211 Value |
|---|---|
| Form factor | 2U25 rackmount, 87 H × 447.4 W × 799 D mm |
| Processor | 2x 5th/4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable, Intel C741 |
| Memory | 32x DDR5 slots, up to 5600 MT/s |
| Storage | Up to 24x 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe + 2x 2.5" bays |
| RAID | SAS4.0/SATA3.0, RAID 0/1/10/5/50/6/60, super-capacitor |
| Networking | 2x OCP 3.0 slots, 1/10/25/100/200 Gb and smart NICs |
| Expansion | Up to 10x slots, PCIe 5.0 x16 capable |
| BMC | DC-SCM 2.0, AST2600, IPMI 2.0, Redfish |
| Power | 1+1 CRPS 1300 W–3200 W |
| Environment | 5°C–35°C operating range |
Why Balance of the Three Buses Is the Product
Storage-dense servers usually make a deal: many bays, but a storage network that lags the drives. The ZN-2211 is built so the three pipes a data platform lives on are matched — drive count (up to 26 bays), memory bandwidth (32 DDR5 at 5600 MT/s) and cluster uplinks (two OCP 3.0 slots up to 200 Gb, smart NIC capable). When all three scale together, nodes stay busy instead of waiting: NVMe bays feed memory, memory feeds compute, compute ships results over 200 Gb — and the PCIe 5.0 slots stay free for controllers and accelerators instead of being eaten by NICs.
Where It Fits
- Distributed storage and object stores: 2U25 density with fast cluster networking
- Big data platforms: resident datasets on NVMe with 200 Gb East-West links
- Cloud node fleets: dense VM/memory profiles on 32 DDR5 slots
- Hyper-converged stacks: compute + dense storage + NIC headroom in one node
Why the Numbers Matter
- Up to 26x 2.5" bays: 2U25 density for capacity platforms
- 2x OCP 3.0 up to 200 Gb: cluster links that keep up with NVMe and DDR5
- 32x DDR5 at 5600 MT/s: memory bandwidth for analytics and VMs
- 10x PCIe 5.0 slots: room for controllers, accelerators and smart NICs
- DC-SCM 2.0 + 3200 W CRPS: serviceable management and power headroom
What TF NEW Says
"A storage node is only as fast as its slowest bus," said a TF NEW product manager. "The ZN-2211 matches its 26 bays to 32 DDR5 slots at 5600 MT/s and two OCP 3.0 slots that go to 200 Gb — so NVMe data gets into memory, gets computed, and gets to the cluster without the node being the bottleneck. That's the whole point of 2U25 done right."
Quality and Availability
Every ZN-2211 runs 48 hours of burn-in testing before shipping, with all drive paths and both OCP 3.0 slots validated in the factory. It ships deployment-ready with DC-SCM 2.0 baselines and documented RAID and network configuration guides.
Pricing and Availability
The ZN-2211 is available now. Pricing varies with processor, memory, storage and NIC configuration. Contact sales@tfnew.com or use the request-a-quote form at www.tfnew.com/contact for volume pricing and lead time.
About TF NEW
TF NEW (TF New Technology) is an enterprise AI infrastructure provider based at www.tfnew.com. It designs and delivers private AI, compute, networking, storage, cooling and edge systems as deployment-ready solutions — AI servers, AI workstations, edge AI, liquid cooling and enterprise rack servers — for AI factories, datacenters and edge projects worldwide.
Media Contact
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FAQ
- What does 2U25 mean? A 2U chassis with 25 front-facing 2.5-inch drive positions.
- How many drives can the ZN-2211 hold? Up to 24 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe bays plus 2 additional 2.5-inch bays.
- What networking does it support? Two OCP 3.0 NIC slots accepting 1/10/25/100/200 Gb NICs and smart NICs.
- What processors and memory does it use? 2x 5th/4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable with 32 DDR5 slots up to 5600 MT/s.
- What management module does it use? A DC-SCM 2.0 module with AST2600 BMC (IPMI 2.0 / Redfish).