Intel SSDPF2KE032T9E 3.2TB D7-P5600 Series PCIe Gen 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.5 (U.2) 15mm Enterprise Data Center / Mixed Use Solid State Drive

General

Brand	Intel
Model	D7-P5600 Series
Capacity	3.2TB
Usage Class	Enterprise Data Center / Mixed Use

Interface

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

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5 (U.2) 15mm

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	Intel 96-layer 3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	3
Total Bytes Written	17500 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	7000 MB/s
Sequential Write	4300 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	1000000
Random Write IOPS	260000
Average Latency	80 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	SSDPE2KE032T8

Engineer's Note

Compared with SSDPE2KE032T8, the SSDPF2KE032T9E in the D7-P5600 Series advances to a PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 NVMe platform with Intel 96-layer 3D TLC, delivering up to 7,000/4,300 MB/s and 1,000,000/260,000 IOPS for a clear generational gain in bandwidth and transaction density. With 3 DWPD and 17,500 TBW at 3.2TB, it is a strong fit for write-intensive virtualization, OLTP databases, and cloud storage tiers that need higher sustained performance than the prior generation without sacrificing endurance.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 17,500 TBW and 3 DWPD, the SSDPF2KE032T9E is built to sustain heavy write-intensive enterprise workloads over its service life. In practical terms, this level of endurance is far beyond typical OS, application, and general server storage demands, giving buyers confidence that it can operate reliably for many years under normal deployment conditions. For enterprise reliability, the drive includes power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and prevent metadata corruption if power is interrupted unexpectedly. Its 1.0E-17 UBER and 2 million hour MTBF further indicate a very low risk of unrecoverable read errors and strong long-term operational reliability for business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 NVMe architecture removes storage bottlenecks in modern servers, enabling faster data movement for virtualization, analytics, and AI pipelines.
2. Its combination of ultra-fast sequential bandwidth and million-class random read performance speeds up both large dataset streaming and transaction-heavy database access.
3. A 3 DWPD endurance profile makes it well suited for write-intensive enterprise workloads such as logging, caching, and mixed-use databases over the full service life of the drive.
4. Intel’s 96-layer 3D TLC NAND balances enterprise-grade capacity, cost efficiency, and sustained reliability for large-scale data center deployments.
5. With very low typical latency, the drive helps reduce application response time and improves QoS consistency in latency-sensitive services.

Capacity Sweet

For MPN SSDPF2KE032T9E (3.2TB), the nearest lower capacity in the same enterprise series is typically 1.6TB, and the next higher capacity is 6.4TB. These capacities usually keep broadly similar sequential read/write behavior and random IOPS under normal enterprise positioning. At 3.2TB, this SSD sits in the sweet spot of the family. Compared with 1.6TB, it offers far more headroom for VM growth, database expansion, and mixed application datasets, reducing early capacity pressure. Compared with 6.4TB, it delivers a better balance of acquisition cost, usable performance, and deployment flexibility. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for roughly 40 to 60 business virtual machines.

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