P65023-B21 HPE 6.4TB Nvme MU U.3 SSD

HPE P65023-B21 6.4TB NVMe Mixed Use SSD

Engineered for the relentless demands of modern data centers, the HPE P65023-B21 6.4TB NVMe Gen4 Mainstream Performance Mixed Use SFF BC U.3 Static V2 Multi-Vendor SSD represents a pinnacle of storage technology. This drive is meticulously designed to deliver a balanced profile of high endurance, consistent low-latency performance, and exceptional reliability, making it the ideal workhorse for a wide array of enterprise applications in HPE Gen10 Plus and Gen11 server environments.

Unparalleled Performance with NVMe Gen4 Technology

Harnessing the raw power of the P65023-B21 PCIe 4.0 interface, this SSD shatters the performance barriers of previous generations. It offers significantly higher bandwidth and input/output operations per second (IOPS), enabling faster data access, accelerated application response times, and improved overall system efficiency for mixed workloads that combine read and write operations.

Bandwidth and IOPS Specifications

This mainstream performance drive is optimized to deliver consistent, high-throughput performance. It is capable of sustaining heavy workloads without the performance degradation often associated with consumer-grade SSDs, ensuring that your critical applications and services remain responsive under peak loads.

Sequential Read and Write Performance

The P65023-B21 drive achieves exceptional sequential read and write speeds, drastically reducing the time required for large file transfers, data backups, and virtual machine snapshot operations. This makes it perfectly suited for data-intensive tasks in virtualization and big data analytics platforms.

Random Read and Write Performance

With high random read and write IOPS, this SSD excels in environments with numerous simultaneous small-block transactions. This is critical for database operations, online transaction processing (OLTP), and server boot drives, where low latency is paramount for user experience and system throughput.

Mixed-Use Endurance for Demanding Workloads

Classified as a Mixed Use drive, this SSD is specifically engineered to handle a balanced ratio of read and write commands. It features a higher endurance rating than Read-Intensive drives, providing a greater total bytes written (TBW) over its lifespan, which is essential for applications that frequently modify data.

Workload Suitability

This endurance profile makes the drive ideal for a diverse set of applications, including but not limited to: general server storage, data analytics, content delivery networks (CDNs), and medium-duty database servers. It strikes the perfect balance between the high cost of Write-Intensive drives and the limited write endurance of Read-Intensive models.

Form Factor and Interface: SFF BC U.3

The drive utilizes a 2.5-inch Small Form Factor (SFF) Bay Carrier (BC) with a U.3 interface. This versatile interface is a key differentiator in modern enterprise storage, offering unparalleled flexibility and forward compatibility.

U.3 Interface Versatility

The P65023-B21 U.3 interface is a tri-mode compatible connector that supports NVMe, SATA, and SAS protocols over a single physical connector. This allows data center administrators to standardize their server backplanes on U.3, enabling seamless deployment of different drive types without changing hardware, thereby simplifying procurement, scaling, and maintenance.

Hot-Pluggable Bay Carrier Design

Housed in a hot-pluggable Bay Carrier, this SSD can be installed or replaced without powering down the server. This feature is crucial for maintaining high availability in 24/7 operational environments, minimizing downtime, and facilitating easy maintenance and upgrades.

Designed for HPE Gen10 Plus and Gen11 Servers

This SSD is rigorously certified and optimized for use in the HPE Gen10 Plus and Gen11 server families, including ProLiant DL, ML, and Apollo systems. This guarantees optimal performance, thermal management, and feature compatibility right out of the box.

Gen11 Server Optimizations

When deployed in next-generation Gen11 servers, the drive can fully leverage the enhanced PCIe 4.0 lanes and improved system architecture to deliver maximum performance. Gen11 servers are built to handle the increased thermal design power (TDP) of high-performance NVMe drives, ensuring consistent operation without thermal throttling.

Advanced Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) Features

Enterprise storage demands more than just speed; it requires unwavering reliability. This SSD incorporates a suite of advanced features to protect data integrity and maximize uptime.

Power Loss Protection

An integrated power loss protection circuit, often involving capacitors, ensures that in the event of an unexpected power failure, any data in the volatile DRAM cache is flushed to the non-volatile NAND flash. This prevents data corruption and ensures transaction consistency, a critical feature for financial and database applications.

End-to-End Data Path Protection

The P65023-B21 drive employs end-to-end data path protection, which means that data is protected by error-correcting codes from the moment it enters the drive's controller until it is written to NAND, and vice versa. This safeguards against silent data corruption that can occur as data moves through the various components of the drive and the host system.

Advanced Wear-Leveling 

Sophisticated wear-leveling algorithms distribute write and erase cycles evenly across all the NAND flash blocks. This prevents any single block from wearing out prematurely, thereby extending the overall life of the SSD and maintaining consistent performance throughout its lifespan.

Ideal Use Cases and Application Scenarios

The balanced performance and endurance characteristics of this Mixed Use SSD make it exceptionally versatile for a broad spectrum of enterprise workloads.

Virtualization and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

In hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) and VDI environments, storage is often the primary bottleneck. The high IOPS and low latency of this NVMe Gen4 drive enable faster provisioning of virtual machines, better performance during boot storms, and a smoother experience for end-users.

Data Analytics and AI/ML Workloads

Processing large datasets for business intelligence, machine learning training, and real-time analytics requires rapid access to data. The high sequential read speeds of this drive accelerate data ingestion and query processing, leading to faster insights and reduced time-to-solution.

SQL and NoSQL Databases

Database servers handling OLTP or as a backend for applications benefit tremendously from the drive's high random write performance and low latency. This results in faster transaction commit times and improved overall application responsiveness.