HPE P40510-B21 960-GB 2.5 vSAS 12G BC SSD

HPE P40510-B21 960GB 2.5 inch vSAS 12G BC SSD

The HPE P40510-B21 is a 960GB value SAS (vSAS) solid state drive in the 2.5 inch basic carrier format, supplied as the HPE option kit for ProLiant Gen10 Plus and Gen11 servers. Euroland IT Store stocks the P40510-B21 new and refurbished, offering UK buyers a clever middle path between SATA economy and traditional SAS pricing.

Value SAS is one of the smartest recent additions to the HPE drive portfolio. It runs on the 12Gb/s SAS interface, so you keep SAS command queuing, error handling and controller behaviour, but the drive is engineered to a price point much closer to SATA. For general purpose virtualisation, application serving and mixed business workloads, that means roughly double the interface bandwidth of a 6G SATA drive without the premium of classic enterprise SAS. The 960GB capacity suits OS volumes, VM datastores and mainstream RAID arrays alike.

As the boxed option kit, the P40510-B21 ships with its basic carrier fitted, making installation into a Gen10 Plus or Gen11 BC bay a tool free, hot plug task. Our refurbished stock is securely erased, health checked and sold with warranty, while new sealed kits are available for purchase orders that specify factory fresh product. We hold one of the UK’s broader inventories of HPE parts, so the Smart Buy and spare versions of this drive, plus the controllers and cages around it, can all ship on the same consignment. Send us your server serial number and we will confirm the P40510-B21 fits before you spend a penny.

Key Features

• 960GB capacity on a 12Gb/s value SAS interface
• vSAS design: SAS performance traits at near SATA pricing
• 2.5 inch SFF drive in the HPE basic carrier (BC)
• Made for ProLiant Gen10 Plus and Gen11 drive bays
• Boxed option kit with carrier included
• SAS command queuing and enhanced error handling
• Hot plug installation with no downtime
• Well suited to virtualisation and mixed workloads
• Available new and refurbished with warranty cover
• Full health reporting via HPE Smart Array tooling

Compatibility

• Fits basic carrier SFF bays in HPE ProLiant Gen10 Plus and Gen11 servers
• Requires a SAS capable controller or HBA to realise vSAS benefits
• Otherwise: selected HPE ProLiant configurations, confirm against your server serial number
• Our team will check controller support for vSAS on your build

Benefits

The appeal of P40510-B21 is straightforward value: SAS interface behaviour, 12G bandwidth and enterprise error handling for a spend much closer to SATA. Arrays built on vSAS keep their composure under mixed load better than SATA equivalents, and standardising on the correct option kit keeps every bay consistent for firmware and spares management. Refurbished units compound the saving, frequently making a vSAS array cheaper than a new SATA one, while sealed new stock covers formal procurement channels, and warranty support applies across both grades.

The same drive is available under Smart Buy pricing as the HPE P40510-S21 960GB 2.5 inch vSAS 12G BC SSD, and the matching service spare is the HPE P41535-001 960GB 2.5 inch vSAS 12G BC SSD. See the broader selection in our hard drive and SSD category, or ask us to compare vSAS against SATA and SAS options for your workload. For budget led SAS adoption, this drive is the logical starting point.

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