Intel SSDPF21Q016TB01 1.6TB Optane SSD DC P5800X PCIe Gen 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.3d 2.5 (U.2) 15mm Enterprise Data Center / High Performance Computing Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Intel
Model	Optane SSD DC P5800X
Capacity	1.6TB
Usage Class	Enterprise Data Center / High Performance Computing

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe Gen 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.3d
Total Interface Bandwidth	16 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5 (U.2) 15mm

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	Intel Optane (3D XPoint)
Drive Writes Per Day	100
Total Bytes Written	292000 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	7200 MB/s
Sequential Write	6200 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	1500000
Random Write IOPS	1500000
Average Latency	6 μs

Reliability

Mean Time Between Failures	2.0 Million Hours
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate	1.0×10⁻¹⁷
Power Loss Protection	Yes

Part Number

MPN	SSDPED1K015GA

Engineer's Note

The SSDPF21Q016TB01 (Optane SSD DC P5800X 1.6TB) is the clear choice for ultra-low-latency write-intensive tiers such as database logging, high-frequency trading, and storage-class memory caching, combining Intel Optane (3D XPoint) media with PCIe Gen4 to deliver up to 7.2/6.2 GB/s and 1.5M/1.5M IOPS at a class-leading 100 DWPD. Compared with the previous-generation SSDPED1K015GA, it raises sequential throughput by roughly 3x, random performance by up to 3x, and endurance from 30 DWPD to 100 DWPD, increasing lifetime write capability to 292,000 TBW for dramatically better sustained performance under heavy mixed-write workloads.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 292,000 TBW and 100 DWPD, the SSDPF21Q016TB01 is built for extremely write-intensive enterprise use and can sustain full-drive writes many times per day over its service life. In typical real-world deployments, this means it can comfortably handle demanding system, cache, logging, or data-processing workloads for years, and as an OS or application drive it offers more than enough write endurance for long-term worry-free operation. For enterprise reliability, built-in power loss protection (PLP) helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during unexpected power interruptions, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned recovery events. Its UBER of 1.0E-17, together with a 2 million hour MTBF, reflects a very high level of data integrity and platform dependability expected in business-critical storage environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe architecture gives this drive ample host bandwidth and a low-overhead command path, making it well suited for dense virtualization, fast database access, and modern scale-out server platforms.
2. Its multi-gigabyte sequential read capability accelerates large-block data movement, reducing wait time for analytics scans, backup recovery, and content streaming workloads.
3. With million-class random read performance, the drive can sustain extremely high transaction concurrency, helping OLTP databases, metadata-heavy applications, and shared cloud infrastructure respond faster under load.
4. The exceptionally high write endurance enables intensive overwrite-heavy use cases such as journaling, caching, high-frequency logging, and tier-0 storage without frequent replacement cycles.
5. By using Intel Optane media with single-digit microsecond-class latency, the SSD delivers near-memory-like responsiveness for latency-sensitive applications such as real-time trading, in-memory databases, and persistent caching layers.

Capacity Sweet

Reference capacities in the same enterprise SSD family for SSDPF21Q016TB01 (1.6TB): Lower capacity: 800GB Higher capacity: 3.2TB Capacity positioning analysis: At 1.6TB, this model sits in the sweet spot of the series. Compared with the 800GB version, it provides meaningfully better headroom for OS images, application growth, logs, and overprovisioning flexibility, reducing early capacity pressure in production. Compared with the 3.2TB option, it usually delivers a more efficient balance of acquisition cost, usable capacity, and enterprise-grade performance consistency, since sequential throughput and random IOPS are broadly similar across the family. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for about 40 to 60 general-purpose virtual machines.

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