Intel SSDPED1K015TA 1.5 TB Optane SSD DC P4800X PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe AIC (Half-Height Half-Length) Enterprise/Write-Intensive Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Intel
Model	Optane SSD DC P4800X
Capacity	1.5 TB
Usage Class	Enterprise/Write-Intensive

Interface

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

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	AIC (Half-Height Half-Length)

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	3D XPoint
Drive Writes Per Day	30
Total Bytes Written	82000 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	SSDPED1K015TA01

Engineer's Note

The Optane SSD DC P4800X 1.5TB (SSDPED1K015TA) is the right fit for write-intensive databases, metadata acceleration, and ultra-low-latency cache tiers, combining 3D XPoint media with 550K/500K IOPS, 2500/2200 MB/s throughput, and an exceptional 30 DWPD / 82 PBW endurance profile that conventional NAND NVMe SSDs in the same class typically cannot sustain. Compared with the earlier SSDPED1K015TA01 ordering revision, SSDPED1K015TA offers a more current deployment option while preserving the platform’s signature advantage: consistently low-latency PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe performance under heavy mixed workloads, with no compromise in endurance.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 82,000 TBW and 30 DWPD, the SSDPED1K015TA is built for extremely write-intensive enterprise workloads and can sustain full-drive writes many times per day over its service life. In typical server or system-disk use, this level of endurance provides a very large margin, making it a dependable choice for long-term operation with minimal concern about write wear. Its enterprise-grade reliability is reinforced by power loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during unexpected power interruptions, reducing the risk of corruption or incomplete writes. An UBER of 1.0E-17 and an MTBF of 2 million hours indicate a very low unrecoverable bit error rate and strong long-term operational reliability, giving procurement teams added confidence for mission-critical deployments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe architecture gives this drive a low-overhead, direct path to the CPU, helping enterprise platforms accelerate virtualization, database access, and real-time analytics workloads.
2. Its strong sequential read performance shortens large-scale data ingestion, backup recovery, and application startup times, making it well suited for content delivery and read-intensive enterprise storage tiers.
3. High random read capability enables the SSD to sustain massive small-block request bursts, which is critical for OLTP databases, VDI environments, and metadata-heavy cloud services.
4. With an exceptionally high write endurance rating, the drive can handle intensive logging, caching, and write-heavy transactional workloads for years with far less concern about media wear.
5. Built on 3D XPoint media and delivering ultra-low typical latency, it provides near-memory-class responsiveness that helps reduce tail latency in trading systems, high-performance databases, and latency-sensitive enterprise applications.

Endurance & Reliability

Lower capacity reference: 750 GB Higher capacity reference: 3.0 TB Capacity positioning analysis: Within this series, 1.5 TB sits at the sweet spot for mainstream enterprise deployment. Compared with the 750 GB model, it provides much better headroom for mixed workloads, growth buffers, and overprovisioning flexibility, reducing early capacity pressure in production. Compared with the 3.0 TB model, it preserves the series’ low-latency, high-IOPS profile while offering a more attractive cost-to-usable-capacity balance. In practice, 1.5 TB is ideal for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for about 40 to 60 business-critical virtual machines.

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