Intel SSDPE2KE064T8T 6.4 TB DC P4610 PCIe 3.1 x4, NVMe 2.5 inch 15mm (U.2) Enterprise/Mixed-Use Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Intel
Model	DC P4610
Capacity	6.4 TB
Usage Class	Enterprise/Mixed-Use

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe 3.1 x4, NVMe
Total Interface Bandwidth	32 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5 inch 15mm (U.2)

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	64L 3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	3
Total Bytes Written	35250 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	3200 MB/s
Sequential Write	3200 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	654000
Random Write IOPS	210500
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	SSDPE2KE064T801

Engineer's Note

Compared with the earlier SSDPE2KE064T801, the SSDPE2KE064T8T moves to the DC P4610 platform with 64-layer 3D TLC and PCIe 3.1 x4 NVMe, delivering a stronger balance of density and performance with 6.4 TB capacity, 3,200/3,200 MB/s throughput, and up to 654,000/210,500 IOPS. Its 3 DWPD endurance and 35,250 TBW rating make it a more compelling choice for mixed read/write virtualization clusters, OLTP databases, and software-defined storage nodes that need predictable latency and sustained write resilience at scale.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 35,250 TBW and 3 DWPD, the SSDPE2KE064T8T is designed for sustained enterprise write workloads and can handle writing its full capacity three times per day throughout its rated service life. In typical data center or mixed application use, this level of endurance means the drive can comfortably support long-term deployment, including demanding system, caching, and transactional workloads, without endurance becoming a practical concern. For enterprise reliability, the drive includes power loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and protects metadata integrity if power is interrupted unexpectedly. Its UBER rating of 1.0E-17 indicates an extremely low probability of unrecoverable bit errors during reads, supporting high data integrity, while the 2 million-hour MTBF further reflects a design built for stable, dependable operation.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe/NVMe host interface removes legacy storage bottlenecks, enabling enterprise servers to keep CPUs fed with data for faster analytics, virtualization, and transaction processing.
2. Its strong sequential read capability accelerates bulk data movement, reducing wait time when loading large databases, backup images, and AI training datasets.
3. The drive’s high random-read performance, paired with microsecond-class latency, delivers snappy response under mixed workloads such as OLTP databases, VDI boot storms, and metadata-heavy applications.
4. With an endurance profile built for sustained daily rewrites, it is well suited to write-intensive enterprise use cases like logging, caching, and continuously updated databases.
5. The 3D TLC NAND design provides a practical balance of capacity, performance, and reliability, making it a cost-efficient fit for mainstream data center deployments.

Endurance & Reliability

Lower-capacity reference: 3.2 TB Higher-capacity reference: 7.68 TB In this family, the 6.4 TB model sits at a practical sweet spot. Compared with the 3.2 TB option, it gives meaningfully more headroom for growth, reducing early capacity pressure and lowering the chance of frequent storage rebalancing. Compared with the 7.68 TB version, it usually delivers a better cost-to-usable-capacity balance while keeping enterprise-grade sequential read/write performance and random IOPS broadly similar. This makes 6.4 TB especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting around 60 to 80 mixed-application virtual machines per node.

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