HP 764929-B21 Data Sheet

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Data sheet | HP Enterprise Solid State Drives

HP Enterprise SSDs are available in four categories based on their endurance: performance, 

mainstream, light, and value. The categories indicate the number of drive writes per day 

(DWPD

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) that you can expect from the drive. (DWPD is the maximum number of 4K host writes 

to the entire drive capacity of the SSD per day over a five-year period.)

Table 1. HP Enterprise SSD categories

Interface 

12/6 Gb SAS 

12/6 Gb SAS or 
6 Gb SATA

12/6 Gb SAS or 
6 Gb SATA

12/6 Gb SAS,  
6 Gb SATA*

Endurance 

High  
endurance
~25 DWPD

Mainstream  
endurance
~10 DWPD

Light 
endurance
1–3 DWPD

Value endurance
< 1 DWPD

Typical workload

High read/write 
applications

Mixed read/write 
applications

Mixed read/write 
applications

High read/
low write 
applications

*Includes M.2 Enablement Kits with 6 Gb SATA Interface

HP Enterprise Performance 12G SAS SSDs provide high performance and endurance. They are 

best suited for mission-critical enterprise environments with workloads high in both reads 

and writes. These SSDs are available in 800, 400, and 200 gigabyte (GB) capacities. SAS SSDs 

transfer data at full duplex allowing greater I/O bandwidth to alleviate bottlenecks. Additionally 

SAS uses SCSI commands for error recovery and error reporting, which have more functionality 

than the ATA command set used by serial ATA (SATA).

HP Enterprise Mainstream 12G SAS and 6G SATA SSDs are best suited for high I/O applications 

with workloads balanced between reads and writes. The SAS and SATA SSDs provide the 

workload-optimized performance required for demanding I/O-intensive applications. When 

paired with HP ProLiant servers, these SSDs help you meet the challenges of Big Data. They 

achieve twice the performance and endurance of previous HP SAS and SATA SSDs. The SATA 

SSDs come with a six gigabit per second (Gb/s) SATA hot-plug interface and are available in 800, 

400, 200, and 100 gigabyte (GB) capacities. The SAS SSDs come with a 12 gigabit per second 

(Gb/s) SAS hot-plug interface and are available in 800, 400, and 200 gigabyte capacities.

HP Enterprise Light 6G SATA SSDs deliver optimized performance for workloads balanced 

between reads and writes. From read caching workloads to Big Data Analytics and more, these 

SSDs deliver the performance customers can count on. The 6G SATA SSDs are available in 

the 960GB capacity with an endurance of 3.8 drive writes per day (DWPD) over a 5 year life.

HP Enterprise Value 12G SAS and 6G SATA SSDs deliver enterprise features for a low price 

in HP ProLiant server systems. This entry-level pricing is fueling rapid SSD adoption for 

read-intensive workloads because the cost per IOPS compares very favorably to HDDs. 

Available capacities for the HP Enterprise Value 12G SAS SSDs are 800GB and 1.6TB. The  

6G SATA SSDs are available in 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 800GB, and 1.6TB capacities. 

HP Enterprise Boot SSDs come in capacities of 80GB and 120GB and include an Endurance 

Manager feature to dynamically throttle writes, which maintains endurance for boot/

swap applications.

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DWPD = Full drive writes per day for 5 years