HPE P18428-B21 3.84TB SATA 6G 2.5″ SSD

HPE P18428-B21 3.84TB SATA 6G 2.5in SSD

The HPE P18428-B21 is a 3.84TB SATA 6G 2.5in read intensive solid state drive option for ProLiant servers, pairing high flash capacity with the economy of the SATA interface. Supplied by Euroland IT Store in new sealed and refurbished tested condition, it gives UK organisations a cost effective route to multi terabyte flash in standard SFF bays.

SATA flash at this capacity is the workhorse of read heavy consolidation. Content repositories, virtual machine datastores with read dominated profiles, backup staging areas and analytics datasets all suit a drive tuned for read intensive duty. While SAS offers dual port resilience, single port SATA keeps the cost per terabyte down, which is why many estates deliberately mix both classes across tiers. The drive arrives in an HPE SmartDrive carrier, so bay insertion, LED diagnostics and controller integration behave exactly as ProLiant administrators expect from certified HPE parts.

The P18428-B21 is typically ordered by virtualisation teams growing capacity tiers, resellers building customer specifications and IT managers replacing arrays of ageing mechanical disks with flash at similar cost per usable terabyte after deduplication. Hot plug support means expansion happens with servers online. Refurbished units pass secure erasure and health testing before grading, new units arrive factory sealed, and both routes include warranty. UK next working day delivery is available on stocked drives, and our team can price full bay populations, including carriers and cabling where required, in a single same day quotation. For eight bay and larger populations, ask about volume pricing tiers.

Key Features

• Genuine HPE option kit P18428-B21
• 3.84TB capacity on SATA 6Gb/s
• 2.5in SFF SmartDrive carrier assembly
• Read intensive endurance for read heavy workloads
• Hot plug support for online capacity growth
• Strong cost per terabyte against SAS flash
• Consistent latency for datastore consolidation
• Managed by HPE Smart Storage Administrator
• Low power draw per terabyte stored
• New and refurbished options with UK warranty

Compatibility

• SmartDrive carrier suits HPE ProLiant Gen8 through Gen10 SFF bays
• Operates with HPE Smart Array and HBA controllers supporting SATA
• Suits selected HPE ProLiant configurations, confirm against your server serial number

Benefits

Moving read heavy tiers to 3.84TB SATA flash releases bays, cuts power and removes the mechanical failure exposure of large spinning disks, and refurbished pricing makes the economics work even for cost constrained projects. Field replacements for this drive should cite the matching spare HPE P18485-001 3.84TB SATA SSD so array groups stay uniform. The same drive is also listed under the alternative SKU HPE P18428-S21 3.84TB SATA SSD, and estates on earlier builds frequently run the HPE P00896-B21 3.84TB SATA SSD at the same capacity. Matching references before you order keeps rebuilds predictable and spares holdings simple. The wider hard drive and SSD range covers every step from 240GB boot drives to 15.36TB flash if you are planning a fuller refresh.

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