Intel SSDPE21K750GAT 750 GB Optane SSD DC P4800X PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 2.5 inch 15mm (U.2) Enterprise/Write-Intensive Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Intel
Model	Optane SSD DC P4800X
Capacity	750 GB
Usage Class	Enterprise/Write-Intensive

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe
Total Interface Bandwidth	32 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5 inch 15mm (U.2)

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	3D XPoint
Drive Writes Per Day	30
Total Bytes Written	41000 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	2500 MB/s
Sequential Write	2200 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	550000
Random Write IOPS	500000
Average Latency	10 μs

Reliability

Mean Time Between Failures	2 Million Hours
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate	1.0×10⁻¹⁷
Power Loss Protection	Yes

Part Number

MPN	SSDPE21K750GA01

Engineer's Note

Compared with SSDPE21K750GA01, the SSDPE21K750GAT is the newer 750 GB Optane SSD DC P4800X revision, retaining the key advantage of 3D XPoint media while delivering up to 2,500/2,200 MB/s and 550,000/500,000 IOPS for consistently lower-latency response than conventional enterprise NAND SSDs. Its 30 DWPD rating and 41,000 TBW endurance make this MPN especially compelling for write-intensive database logging, real-time analytics, and metadata-heavy virtualization tiers where sustained performance under constant writes matters more than raw capacity.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 41,000 TBW, the SSDPE21K750GAT is built for extremely write-intensive enterprise workloads and can sustain about 22.5 TB of writes per day, consistent with its 30 DWPD specification. In practical terms, under typical server or OS boot-drive workloads, this level of endurance is far beyond normal usage requirements, making it a very safe choice for long-term deployment with ample write margin. For enterprise reliability, the drive includes power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during an unexpected power interruption, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned downtime. Its UBER of 1.0E-17 indicates an exceptionally low unrecoverable bit error rate, providing the high data integrity and read reliability that procurement teams expect for business-critical storage environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe interface provides a low-overhead data path that helps enterprise servers respond faster under heavy transactional and virtualization workloads.
2. Its sequential read performance enables rapid movement of large datasets, reducing wait times for analytics, backup recovery, and content streaming applications.
3. The strong random read capability supports dense OLTP, metadata, and VDI environments by keeping access times consistent even when request concurrency surges.
4. With a 30 DWPD endurance rating, this drive is built for write-intensive enterprise use cases such as logging, caching, and high-churn databases that demand sustained reliability over the full service life.
5. Leveraging 3D XPoint media and ultra-low typical latency, it is especially well suited for latency-sensitive workloads where microsecond-class response can accelerate real-time decisioning and reduce application bottlenecks.

Endurance & Reliability

Lower-capacity reference: 375 GB Higher-capacity reference: 1.5 TB At 750 GB, this SSD sits in the sweet spot of the series. Compared with the 375 GB model, it gives materially more headroom for OS images, logs, snapshots, and workload growth, reducing the risk of early capacity pressure. Compared with the 1.5 TB option, it preserves essentially the same enterprise-class read/write and random IOPS behavior while delivering a more attractive cost-to-performance balance. In practice, 750 GB is ideal for mid-scale virtualization, such as a 4-node cluster supporting around 40 to 60 mixed business application instances.

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