Overview The HPE P19903-B21 is a 1.92TB SAS SSD in a Smart Carrier 2.5-inch tray, optimized for Read Intensive workloads on HPE ProLiant Gen10 and Gen10 Plus servers. At nearly 2TB, this drive provides substantial flash capacity for read-heavy applications: content serving, data warehouses, boot volumes for dense VM environments, and caching tiers. The Read […]
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P18434-B21 — HPE 960GB SAS SSD 2.5-inch SFF Mixed Use SC Digitally Signed | Technical Guide
Overview The HPE P18434-B21 is a 960GB SAS SSD in a Smart Carrier (SC) 2.5-inch hot-plug tray for HPE ProLiant Gen10 and Gen10 Plus servers. HPE’s Digitally Signed Firmware ensures the drive firmware hasn’t been tampered with — a security feature validated by iLO during every boot. The Mixed Use endurance rating (3 DWPD) makes […]
345-BEFW — Dell 960GB NVMe SSD 2.5-inch SFF U.2 Mixed Use | Technical Guide
Overview The Dell 345-BEFW is a 960GB NVMe SSD in a 2.5-inch U.2 hot-plug carrier, engineered for maximum storage performance on Dell PowerEdge 15th and 16th generation servers. NVMe bypasses the SAS/SATA storage stack entirely, communicating directly with the CPU over PCIe lanes. The result: up to 6x the throughput and 10x lower latency compared […]
400-AUZO — Dell 900GB SAS 15K RPM 2.5-inch SFF Hard Drive | Technical Guide
Overview The Dell 400-AUZO is a 900GB SAS 15K RPM hard drive providing 50% more capacity than the 600GB tier while maintaining the same 15,000 RPM performance. This drive targets environments that need both high IOPS and meaningful storage capacity — production databases, busy mail servers, and performance-critical application tiers. The 12Gbps SAS interface ensures […]
400-AJQD — Dell 600GB SAS 15K RPM 2.5-inch SFF Hard Drive | Technical Guide
Overview The Dell 400-AJQD is a 600GB SAS 15K RPM hard drive in a 2.5-inch hot-plug carrier. At 15,000 RPM, this drive delivers the highest IOPS of any mechanical drive — making it the choice for latency-sensitive transactional workloads where SSD budget isn’t available. The 600GB capacity is the standard tier for 15K drives, widely […]
401-ABHQ — Dell 2.4TB SAS 10K RPM 2.5-inch SFF Hard Drive | Technical Guide
Overview The Dell 401-ABHQ is a 2.4TB SAS 10K RPM hard drive and a direct cross-reference to the 400-ATIN. Both part numbers deliver identical specifications — 2.4TB capacity, 12Gbps SAS, 10,000 RPM in a 2.5-inch hot-plug tray. The 401-ABHQ PN typically appears on newer Dell configuration tools and CTO orders for 15th generation PowerEdge platforms. […]
400-ATIN — Dell 2.4TB SAS 10K RPM 2.5-inch SFF Hard Drive | Technical Guide
Overview The Dell 400-ATIN is a 2.4TB SAS 10K RPM hard drive in a 2.5-inch hot-plug carrier. This is the highest-capacity 10K SAS 2.5″ drive available for Dell PowerEdge servers, providing a balance of storage density, rotational performance, and enterprise reliability. The 12Gbps SAS interface and 10,000 RPM speed deliver consistent IOPS for transactional workloads, […]
400-BCEI — Dell 1.92TB SAS SSD 2.5-inch SFF Read Intensive 12Gbps | Technical Guide
Overview The Dell 400-BCEI is a 1.92TB SAS SSD in a 2.5-inch hot-plug tray, optimized for Read Intensive workloads. With nearly 2TB of flash storage behind a 12Gbps SAS interface, this drive excels at content delivery, read-heavy databases, data warehousing, and boot/swap volumes for large VM farms. Read Intensive endurance (1 DWPD) keeps cost per […]
400-BKPY — Dell 960GB SAS SSD 2.5-inch SFF Mixed Use 12Gbps | Technical Guide
Overview The Dell 400-BKPY is a 960GB SAS SSD in a 2.5-inch hot-plug carrier, delivering 12Gbps SAS throughput for enterprise workloads. SAS SSDs offer dual-port connectivity for high availability, superior endurance over SATA, and full multipath I/O support. The 960GB capacity is the sweet spot for application servers, medium-sized databases, and virtualization datastores that need […]
400-BDQT — Dell 480GB SATA SSD 2.5-inch SFF Mixed Use | Technical Guide
Overview The Dell 400-BDQT is a 480GB SATA SSD in a 2.5-inch Small Form Factor hot-plug carrier. This Mixed Use drive balances read and write performance, making it suitable for boot drives, OS partitions, and moderate-I/O application workloads. SATA interface provides broad compatibility across Dell PowerEdge 13th through 15th generation servers equipped with SAS/SATA backplanes. […]