Intel SSDPED1K750GAPSED 750 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	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	AIC (Half-Height, Half-Length)

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	550000
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	SSDPED1K750GA

Engineer's Note

Compared with SSDPED1K750GA, the SSDPED1K750GAPSED adds a self-encrypting enterprise configuration for stronger data-at-rest security and compliance, while preserving the Optane DC P4800X’s 30 DWPD endurance, 41,000 TBW rating, and up to 550,000/550,000 random read/write IOPS. Its 3D XPoint media gives it a clear advantage over NAND-based peers in latency consistency and write endurance, making this 750 GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe drive an especially strong fit for high-write databases, metadata-intensive virtualization, and low-latency journal or cache tiers.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 41,000 TBW and 30 DWPD, the SSDPED1K750GAPSED is built for extremely write-intensive enterprise use and can comfortably handle full-drive writes many times per day throughout its service life. In typical workloads, this level of endurance means it can serve as a heavily used system or application drive for many years with substantial margin, giving procurement teams confidence in long-term durability. Its built-in power loss protection helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during unexpected power interruptions, reducing the risk of corruption and improving operational stability in server environments. Combined with an ultra-low UBER of 1.0E-17 and a 2 million hour MTBF, this enterprise SSD is designed to deliver highly dependable data integrity and reliable continuous operation.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe interface gives this drive a low-overhead, high-parallelism data path that keeps enterprise servers responsive under heavy multitasking and dense virtualization.
2. Its sequential read performance accelerates large-block data movement, reducing wait time for database snapshots, analytics scans, and backup restoration.
3. With very strong random read capability, it is well suited for transaction-heavy workloads such as OLTP databases, metadata services, and high-concurrency VM environments.
4. The 30 DWPD endurance rating translates into exceptional write tolerance, making it a strong fit for write-intensive logging, journaling, caching, and mixed enterprise workloads that run continuously.
5. Built on 3D XPoint and backed by ultra-low typical latency, it delivers near-memory-class responsiveness that helps remove storage bottlenecks in real-time analytics and latency-sensitive applications.

Endurance & Reliability

Lower capacity reference: 480 GB Higher capacity reference: 960 GB The 750 GB model sits in the sweet spot of this enterprise SSD family. Compared with the 480 GB option, it gives noticeably more headroom for OS images, application growth, log retention, and overprovisioning flexibility, reducing the risk of early capacity pressure. Compared with the 960 GB model, it typically delivers a better balance between acquisition cost and usable capacity while keeping broadly similar enterprise-class sequential and random performance. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, database boot volumes, and dense application nodes serving roughly 40–70 mixed enterprise workloads.

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