P40496-B21 - HPE 240GB SATA 6G RI SFF BC MV SSD

HPE P40496-B21 — 240GB SATA 6G Read Intensive SFF Basic Carrier Multi-Vendor SSD

What it is

P40496-B21 is an HPE enterprise SATA solid-state drive designed for HPE ProLiant servers and supported storage platforms.
It’s a 240 GB SATA 6 Gb/s Read Intensive (RI) SSD in a 2.5″ small form factor (SFF) that ships on an HPE Basic Carrier (BC) for hot-swap bays.
“Multi-Vendor” means HPE may supply an approved equivalent SSD model over time while maintaining the same workload class and published performance range.

Why buyers pick P40496-B21 (plain English)

Entry-level SSD performance
240 GB provides usable capacity for boot/OS volumes, application data, and read-centric storage tiers at a low cost.

Read Intensive workload class
Optimized for workloads where reads dominate and writes occur moderately — ideal for server OS partitions, read-heavy databases, and virtualization read caches.

Enterprise SATA interface
SATA 6 Gb/s delivers broad compatibility and cost-efficient performance for mainstream storage tiers.

Hot-swap ready
Ships on an HPE Basic Carrier for easy installation, tool-less replacement, and visual drive status in hot-swap bays.

Multi-Vendor value
Approved multi-vendor sourcing provides cost advantages while keeping consistent workload-class behavior.

60-second spec box (P40496-B21)

Capacity
240 GB

Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s

Form factor / carrier
2.5″ SFF
HPE Basic Carrier (hot-swap)

Workload class
Read Intensive (RI)

Endurance class
Read-optimized enterprise SSD

Firmware / platform
HPE-qualified SSD firmware for ProLiant

Warranty
3-year HPE warranty

Use case
Boot/OS storage, read-heavy application tiers, virtualization reads, general enterprise storage.

Where it fits (and when to choose something else)

Perfect for:

• ProLiant servers with SFF hot-swap bays

• Read-dominant enterprise workloads

• Virtualization infrastructures with read-focused tiers

• Cost-sensitive SATA storage environments

Choose something else if:

• You need balanced read/write performance → Mixed Use (MU) SSDs

• You require higher write endurance → Write Intensive (WI) SSDs

• You want the lowest latency and maximum IOPS → NVMe SSDs

TL;DR

P40496-B21 is HPE’s 240 GB SATA 6G Read Intensive SFF SSD on Basic Carrier:
a hot-swap enterprise SATA SSD optimized for read-heavy workloads with dependable performance and cost-efficient capacity.