HPE P54556-001 Business Critical 20TB SAS 12Gbps Hard Drive.

HPE P54556-001 Hard Drive Overview

The HPE P54556-001 is a high-performance hard drive designed for business-critical applications. This 20TB SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) model provides the reliability, speed, and scalability needed for enterprise-level data storage solutions. With a 12Gb/s data transfer rate, this hard drive is an ideal choice for organizations looking to upgrade or expand their storage capabilities. It integrates seamlessly into the HPE server and storage systems, delivering robust performance, data integrity, and operational efficiency.

Key Features of the HPE P54556-001 20TB Hard Drive

• Capacity: 20 Terabytes of storage capacity for large data workloads.
• Interface: SAS 12Gb/s interface ensures faster data transfer rates for better performance.
• Business-Critical Reliability: Built to withstand the demands of high-performance business environments.
• Compatibility: Fully compatible with HPE's ProLiant and Apollo series servers and storage solutions.
• Data Integrity: Advanced features such as error recovery and enhanced security to protect business-critical data.

Enterprise-Grade Performance and Reliability

The HPE P54556-001 20TB SAS hard drive is built to meet the rigorous demands of modern enterprises, particularly in environments where continuous uptime and data availability are paramount. Designed for business-critical applications, this hard drive offers high reliability with features like advanced error correction, RAID support, and a high-end SAS interface, ensuring that the data transfer is not only fast but also stable and secure.

Applications of the HPE P54556-001 Hard Drive

This hard drive is suitable for a wide range of enterprise storage applications. Whether you are running a data-intensive application, hosting virtualized workloads, or storing large volumes of mission-critical data, the HPE P54556-001 provides the capacity and performance required for success.

Ideal for Data-Intensive Workloads

The 20TB capacity and high throughput of the P54556-001 make it an excellent choice for businesses with data-intensive applications. Whether it's big data analytics, machine learning, or high-definition video editing, this hard drive can handle the storage needs of resource-heavy tasks with ease. Its speed ensures that large datasets can be quickly processed, stored, and retrieved, improving overall system efficiency.

Perfect for Virtualized Environments

For companies utilizing virtualization technologies, the HPE P54556-001 provides the storage reliability and scalability needed to support virtual machine workloads. It delivers high I/O throughput, which is crucial for virtual environments where multiple VMs need to access storage simultaneously. The large capacity ensures that your virtualized infrastructure can expand without worrying about running out of space.

Supporting Storage-Intensive Applications

Data centers often require hard drives that can support storage-intensive applications like databases, content management systems, and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. The P54556-001 meets these needs by offering significant storage capacity and fast data transfer speeds, allowing businesses to store large amounts of transactional and unstructured data with minimal latency.

HPE P54556-001: Built for Scalability

The 20TB HPE P54556-001 is a scalable solution designed to grow with your business. It offers exceptional flexibility, whether you're upgrading an existing HPE system or expanding your storage capacity to meet the needs of a growing organization. When combined with HPE’s scalable storage solutions, this hard drive helps businesses manage data growth without sacrificing performance or reliability.

High Capacity for Data Growth

As organizations continue to generate and store more data, having a scalable storage solution is critical. The 20TB capacity of the HPE P54556-001 provides ample space for storing increasing amounts of business data, from backup files to application data, ensuring that your storage infrastructure can evolve with your business needs.

Flexible Deployment Options

Organizations can deploy the HPE P54556-001 in a variety of configurations to match their IT infrastructure. Whether integrated into HPE ProLiant or Apollo servers or used in HPE storage arrays, this drive ensures smooth integration and enhanced storage capabilities. The flexibility of the SAS interface further simplifies deployment and compatibility across various HPE products.

Data Integrity and Security Features

Data integrity and security are of utmost importance, especially when managing business-critical information. The HPE P54556-001 includes built-in security features that help prevent data loss and ensure that sensitive business data remains protected. With advanced error-correction technologies, this drive safeguards against data corruption, while its secure storage capabilities provide peace of mind that critical data is always protected.

Error Correction Technology

The hard drive features advanced error correction technologies, including ECC (Error Correction Code) and error recovery protocols, which work together to maintain the integrity of stored data. These technologies automatically detect and correct minor errors, reducing the likelihood of data corruption and ensuring smooth operations even in high-performance environments.

Secure Data Storage

For businesses concerned about data security, the HPE P54556-001 offers encryption features and secure data-at-rest protection. This ensures that even if the physical drive is lost or stolen, the data stored on it remains inaccessible to unauthorized parties. Businesses can also integrate these hard drives with HPE’s secure storage systems for additional layers of protection.

Efficiency and Cost-Effectiveness

Despite its enterprise-grade performance, the HPE P54556-001 is designed to be cost-effective, offering a high return on investment (ROI) for businesses. The large 20TB capacity allows businesses to store more data on fewer drives, which reduces the need for additional hardware and helps lower operating costs.

Lower Total Cost of Ownership

With 20TB of storage capacity in a single drive, businesses can reduce the number of drives required to meet their storage needs, lowering the total cost of ownership (TCO). Additionally, the energy-efficient design of the drive ensures lower operational costs over time, especially in data centers that require 24/7 operation.

Operational Efficiency

With a SAS interface offering 12Gb/s transfer speeds, the HPE P54556-001 reduces bottlenecks and ensures smooth data access, which increases overall operational efficiency. Faster data access speeds also lead to faster processing times, enhancing the overall performance of the IT infrastructure and allowing businesses to make quicker, data-driven decisions.

HPE P54556-001 Compatibility and Integration

The HPE P54556-001 is designed to be fully compatible with HPE’s extensive range of ProLiant, Apollo, and other enterprise storage solutions. This compatibility ensures that businesses can easily integrate the drive into their existing infrastructure without worrying about hardware or software incompatibilities.

Seamless Integration with HPE Servers

As part of the HPE product ecosystem, the P54556-001 integrates seamlessly with HPE ProLiant and Apollo servers. These servers are designed to work with high-capacity, high-performance drives, ensuring that the full potential of the 20TB capacity and 12Gb/s SAS interface is realized. This compatibility ensures that businesses can rely on a unified solution for both storage and computing needs.

Support for RAID Configurations

The P54556-001 supports various RAID configurations, such as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10. This flexibility allows businesses to customize their storage setup based on their specific performance, redundancy, and capacity requirements. RAID configurations also help increase fault tolerance, ensuring continuous availability of business-critical data.

Optimized for HPE Storage Systems

When paired with HPE storage systems, such as the HPE MSA 2050 or HPE 3PAR StoreServ, the P54556-001 delivers optimal performance. The drive’s high-speed SAS interface and large capacity complement HPE’s enterprise storage platforms, which are engineered for scalability and high availability.

Enhanced Performance in HPE Storage Arrays

HPE storage arrays benefit from the high transfer speeds and large capacity of the P54556-001, allowing businesses to handle demanding workloads, from database operations to virtualized environments. With the ability to scale as needed, businesses can expand their storage infrastructure without compromising performance or reliability.

Supporting Enterprise-Class Storage Solutions

For large-scale enterprises that require robust and scalable storage solutions, the HPE P54556-001 is the perfect fit. Whether deployed as part of an HPE 3PAR, Nimble Storage, or MSA solution, this drive enhances the overall capabilities of the storage system, providing a high-performance solution for enterprise storage needs.