HPE 480GB SATA 6G Read Intensive SFF 2.5in SC DS Solid State Drive P06194-B21

Engineered for read-heavy workloads in HPE ProLiant Gen10 and Gen10 Plus environments, this 480GB SATA solid state drive delivers consistent low-latency performance where boot, web serving, and analytics demand rapid access to hot data. Unlike generic consumer SSDs, it carries digitally signed firmware and HPE Smart Carrier integration, ensuring trusted operation and simplified serviceability in enterprise racks.

Highlights

• 480GB usable capacity with 3D TLC NAND for balanced endurance and cost
• SATA 6Gb/s interface in a 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) hot-plug carrier
• Read Intensive (RI) endurance rated at 1 DWPD for read-centric workloads
• Digitally Signed Firmware (DS) protects against unauthorized code execution
• Smart Carrier (SC) enables intuitive status LEDs and tool-less installation
• 2 million hour MTBF and low active power draw around 3.5W

In daily use

Deploy this drive as a boot volume or in a read-heavy tier where I/O profiles are dominated by sequential and random reads. It sustains up to 530 MB/s sequential reads and 60,000 random read IOPS, while writes remain ample at 400 MB/s and 20,000 IOPS. Hot-plug support allows replacement without downtime, and the Smart Carrier shows drive activity and health at a glance. The drive is validated across HPE ProLiant Gen10, Gen10 Plus, Synergy, and Apollo systems, so firmware and thermal behavior are tuned for those platforms.

Full specifications

• Capacity: 480 GB
• Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
• Form Factor: 2.5-inch SFF with Smart Carrier (SC)
• NAND Flash: 3D Triple-Level Cell (TLC)
• Endurance: Read Intensive (RI), 1 DWPD
• Sequential Read: 530 MB/s
• Sequential Write: 400 MB/s
• Random Read (4KB, QD16): 60,000 IOPS
• Random Write (4KB, QD16): 20,000 IOPS
• MTBF: 2,000,000 hours
• Power Consumption (Active): ~3.5 W
• Hot-Plug Support: Yes
• Firmware: Digitally Signed (DS)
• Compatibility: HPE ProLiant Gen10, Gen10 Plus, Synergy, Apollo

Final note

For IT administrators standardizing on HPE infrastructure, this drive offers the assurance of vendor qualification, signed firmware, and carrier-level management—critical factors when uptime and data integrity are non-negotiable.