Intel SSDPED1K375GA 375 GB Optane DC P4800X PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe AIC (Half-Height Half-Length) Enterprise/Write-Intensive Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Intel
Model	Optane DC P4800X
Capacity	375 GB
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	20500 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	2400 MB/s
Sequential Write	2000 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	SSDPED1K375GA01

Engineer's Note

The SSDPED1K375GA (Optane DC P4800X 375GB) is the stronger choice for tier-0 databases, metadata acceleration, and high-frequency logging because its 3D XPoint media sustains 550K/500K IOPS, 2400/2000 MB/s, and an exceptional 30 DWPD / 20.5 PBW endurance profile that conventional NAND NVMe SSDs in the same PCIe 3.0 x4 class typically cannot match under mixed write pressure. Compared with the earlier SSDPED1K375GA01, this MPN is the later deployment-focused revision of the same platform, retaining the P4800X’s defining advantage of far more consistent low-latency QoS and heavy-write durability for mission-critical workloads.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 20,500 TBW and 30 DWPD, the SSDPED1K375GA is built for extremely write-intensive enterprise workloads, allowing the full drive capacity to be written many times per day throughout its service life. In typical deployment, this level of endurance means it can easily handle long-term use as a boot drive, cache tier, or high-write application drive for many years 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 1.0E-17 UBER specification indicates an exceptionally low uncorrectable bit error rate, giving buyers added confidence in data integrity for mission-critical storage environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe architecture enables low-overhead, parallel data paths that keep enterprise databases, virtualized hosts, and latency-sensitive applications consistently responsive under heavy concurrency.
2. Its high sequential read bandwidth accelerates large-block data movement, reducing wait time for analytics scans, backup restores, and content streaming workloads.
3. The strong random read capability supports dense mixed-workload environments, allowing OLTP systems, metadata services, and VM farms to serve far more requests without becoming a storage bottleneck.
4. With an endurance class built for intensive full-drive rewrites every day, this SSD is well suited for write-heavy logging, caching, and high-frequency transaction environments where media wear is a major concern.
5. Built on 3D XPoint media with extremely low typical latency, it delivers near-memory-class responsiveness that materially improves tail-latency control in real-time trading, journaling, and mission-critical enterprise applications.

Endurance & Reliability

Lower capacity reference: N/A — 375 GB is the entry capacity in the Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X family Higher capacity reference: 750 GB Capacity positioning analysis: In the P4800X lineup, 375 GB is the sweet-spot entry point. Since there is no smaller standard SKU in the same series, it already delivers meaningful headroom for metadata, logs, hot tables, and mixed low-latency workloads that would feel constrained on a smaller-class enterprise SSD. Compared with the 750 GB model, the 375 GB version preserves essentially the same enterprise-grade sequential throughput and random IOPS while landing at a more efficient cost point. It is best suited for a mid-sized virtualization cluster, such as shared acceleration for about 40–60 latency-sensitive virtual machines.

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