P13839-001 HPE 4TB PCI-Express X4 (nvme) Read Intensive SFF Hot Swap Solid State Drive

• Device Type: Hot-Swap Solid State Drive
• Capacity: 4TB (Terabytes)
• Interface: PCIe 3.0 x4 (NVMe)
• Form Factor: 2.5-Inch Small Form Factor (SFF)
• NAND Type: Triple-Level Cell (TLC)
• Carrier: Bundled with HPE Smart Carrier NVMe
• Firmware: Digitally Signed and Verified

Product family overview HPE P13839-001 NVMe Read-Intensive SSD

The HPE P13839-001 is a 4 TB, 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) NVMe solid-state drive engineered for enterprise class read-intensive workloads and validated for HPE ProLiant Gen10 server platforms. It is delivered as a hot-swap drive with an HPE smart carrier/tray and incorporates digitally-signed firmware to ensure firmware integrity and reduce the risk of unauthorized or corrupted firmware images in production environments. These attributes make the P13839-001 an excellent fit for database read caches, content delivery frontends, virtualization read caches, and other I/O patterns dominated by heavy random reads.

Read-Intensive” matters workload

Read-Intensive drives are tuned to prioritize sustained read throughput and high random read IOPS while offering cost-effective endurance levels for moderately writable workloads. For environments where read amplification or caching delivers the user value — for example, large web caches, analytics query engines, content streaming frontends, and VDI boot storms — the P13839-001 delivers a predictable, low-latency read profile with enterprise management and carrier convenience. This product targets deployments that need enterprise reliability without paying for the higher endurance characteristics of data-center write-intensive (WI) parts.

Performance profile IOPS, and latency

In typical enterprise configurations, the P13839-001 yields very high random read IOPS and competitive sequential transfer rates due to NVMe over PCIe x4. Published vendor and reseller guidance lists peak random read IOPS well into the hundreds of thousands in queued scenarios and practical sequential read bandwidth in the multiple GB/s range depending on the host controller and firmware revision. These figures make the drive well suited for database read caching, metadata serving, read-heavy virtualization and other latency-sensitive operations. For planning and sizing, test with representative workloads and consult the server firmware and BIOS release notes for NVMe tuning best practices. 

Hardware and platform 

The P13839-001 is offered and supplied as an HPE spare/option part and is validated for use in HPE ProLiant Gen10 servers. That validation covers mechanical fit (2.5" SFF carrier), electrical compatibility (NVMe over PCIe lanes exposed by HPE NVMe backplanes), and firmware/management expectations when used alongside HPE iLO, SPP (Service Pack for ProLiant), and HPE Smart Storage utilities. For safe deployment, always cross-check your server model, chassis backplane version and the HPE Quick Specs / compatibility matrix before mass deployment.

Hot-swap and carrier/tray details

Ships bundled with the HPE smart carrier (tray) for easy hot-swap installation in front-accessible server bays. The tray design locks the drive into the backplane and ensures correct airflow and thermal behavior when installed in dense server arrays. If replacing or upgrading, match the carrier part to your ProLiant generation and bay variant (SFF vs U.2 style) to ensure proper mechanical and electrical engagement.

Firmware integrity digitally signed firmware

Digitally-signed firmware is a critical capability for enterprise SSDs. The P13839-001’s digitally signed firmware means that firmware images are cryptographically signed and verified by the firmware verification chain in the drive and/or by HPE’s update process. This reduces the risk of running tampered firmware and affords safer firmware updates in production; it also simplifies compliance and security auditing for regulated environments where supply-chain integrity is a concern.

Procurement, SKUs and sourcing guidance

The P13839-001 is often listed as an HPE spare/option SKU; reseller pages and authorized distributors stock both single units and multi-pack options for data center deployments. When procuring: Comparing price per usable terabyte and expected lifespan (DWPD, TBW) helps make a total cost of ownership decision when choosing between read-intensive and higher-endurance enterprise SSDs.

The P13839-001 compatible with all ProLiant Gen10 servers

The P13839-001 is validated against many ProLiant Gen10 models, but compatibility depends on the server backplane (NVMe vs non-NVMe) and the chassis bay style. Confirm the server's Quick Specs and HPE compatibility matrices for the exact model and backplane firmware revision before procurement.