HPE P40498-B21 960GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5-inch Read Intensive SSD for ProLiant G10+/G11

The HPE P40498-B21 is a 960GB SATA 6Gb/s Read Intensive 2.5-inch hot-swap SSD with HPE Basic Carrier and Digitally Signed Firmware for HPE ProLiant Gen10 Plus and Gen11 servers — the standard HPE option kit (-B21) equivalent to P41523-001, delivering high-capacity read-optimized SATA SSD storage in the Gen10+/Gen11 Basic Carrier form factor for HPE server environments.

Key Features

• 960GB Read Intensive SATA SSD for high-capacity read-dominant workloads on Gen10+/Gen11
• SATA 6Gb/s interface for broad HPE Gen10 Plus and Gen11 server backplane compatibility
• Hot-swap 2.5-inch SFF with HPE Basic Carrier for Gen10+/Gen11 platform compatibility
• HPE Digitally Signed Firmware for platform security and firmware authenticity verification
• Standard HPE option kit (-B21) for channel and reseller procurement

Product Specifications

• Part Number: P40498-B21
• Manufacturer: HP / HPE
• Capacity: 960GB
• Interface: SATA 6Gb/s
• Form Factor: 2.5-inch SFF Hot-Swap
• Carrier: HPE Basic Carrier
• Drive Type: Read Intensive SSD

Storage Specifications

• Interface Speed: SATA 6Gb/s (600 MB/s max)
• Sequential Read: Up to 560 MB/s
• Sequential Write: Up to 510 MB/s
• Firmware: HPE Digitally Signed
• Hot-Swap: Yes (Basic Carrier)
• Endurance: Read Intensive — ~1 DWPD

Performance Specifications

• Workload Profile: Read Intensive (RI) — optimized for 70%+ read ratio
• DWPD: ~1 Drive Write Per Day
• Random Read IOPS: Up to 95,000 IOPS
• Random Write IOPS: Up to 20,000 IOPS

Use Cases

• 960GB SATA Read Intensive SSD for HPE ProLiant Gen10 Plus and Gen11 Basic Carrier bays
• Web serving, content delivery, analytics, and read-heavy database workloads on Gen10+/Gen11
• HPE channel/reseller option kit procurement for 960GB Basic Carrier SATA SSD
• Equivalent to P41523-001 — same drive, standard -B21 option kit part number

Compatibility

• HPE ProLiant Gen10 Plus servers with SATA Basic Carrier bays
• HPE ProLiant Gen11 servers (DL360, DL380, DL560, DL580 Gen11) with SATA Basic Carrier bays
• Basic Carrier — not compatible with Gen8/Gen9/Gen10 Smart Carrier servers
• Use P05313-001 (Smart Carrier) for equivalent capacity in Gen8/Gen9/Gen10 servers

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference between P40498-B21 and P41523-001?

Both are HPE 960GB SATA 6Gb/s Read Intensive Digitally Signed SSDs with Basic Carrier for Gen10 Plus and Gen11 servers — functionally identical. P40498-B21 uses the standard HPE option kit (-B21) suffix for channel/reseller ordering, while P41523-001 is the HPE factory/OEM (-001) variant. Both are fully interchangeable in supported HPE Gen10+ and Gen11 servers.

What is the difference between P40498-B21 and P05313-001 (Gen8/G9/G10)?

Both are HPE 960GB SATA 6Gb/s Read Intensive Digitally Signed SSDs, but differ in carrier and platform compatibility. P40498-B21 uses the HPE Basic Carrier for Gen10 Plus and Gen11, while P05313-001 uses the HPE Smart Carrier for Gen8/Gen9/Gen10. The carriers are not interchangeable — select based on your server generation.

Is 960GB sufficient for data-tier storage workloads in HPE Gen11 servers?

960GB provides substantial capacity for read-intensive data tiers including analytics datasets, web content, and read-heavy database query caches. For larger datasets, multiple 960GB drives in RAID configurations or higher-capacity drives (1.92TB, 3.84TB SAS SSD) should be considered. The Read Intensive class is ideal for workloads where writes are infrequent and read throughput is the priority.

The HPE P40498-B21 delivers 960GB of SATA 6Gb/s Read Intensive SSD capacity with Digitally Signed Firmware and HPE Basic Carrier as the standard option kit equivalent to P41523-001 — providing HPE channel-accessible, high-capacity read-optimized SATA SSD storage for HPE ProLiant Gen10 Plus and Gen11 server read-intensive workloads.