P40497-B21 - HPE 480GB SATA 6G RI SFF BC MV SSD

HPE P40497-B21 — 480GB SATA 6G Read Intensive SFF BC Multi-Vendor SSD

What it is

P40497-B21 is a business-critical HPE server SSD.
It’s a 480GB SATA, read-intensive, small-form-factor (2.5") drive that ships on an HPE Basic Carrier (BC) for hot-swap ProLiant/Synergy bays. “Multi-Vendor” means HPE may source equivalent drives from approved vendors, but they meet or exceed the published performance spec.

Why buyers pick P40497-B21 (plain English)

• Affordable boot / read-heavy storage
  Great for OS boot, VMs, web/apps, and other workloads that read far more than they write.

• Business-critical reliability
  A step above entry SATA drives for 24×7 server duty.

• Simple drop-in for SFF hot-swap bays
  Comes pre-mounted in the HPE carrier, so it slides straight into Gen10+/Gen11 SFF slots.

• Stable long-term SKU
  Multi-Vendor sourcing keeps supply consistent even when specific NAND models change.

60-second spec box (P40497-B21)

Capacity

• 480 GB

Interface

• SATA 6 Gb/s

Form factor / carrier

• 2.5" SFF

• HPE Basic Carrier (hot-swap)

Workload class

• Read Intensive (RI)

• Typical endurance class: ~0.5 DWPD range (boot / read-mostly workloads)

Flash type (class)

• Enterprise SATA RI (TLC class)

Firmware / platform

• Digitally signed, HPE-qualified for ProLiant/Synergy environments

Use case

• Boot SSD, VM datastores, read-heavy app tiers, caching, general server SSD

Where it fits (and when to choose something else)

Perfect for:

• Boot drives in ProLiant servers

• Read-mostly virtualization and app workloads

• Replacing older SATA SSDs in SFF bays

Choose something else if:

• You need heavier write endurance → pick a Mixed-Use (MU) or Write Intensive (WI) SSD

• You want higher throughput/latency → go SAS 12G or NVMe Gen4/Gen5 SFF drives

TL;DR

P40497-B21 is HPE’s 480GB SATA 6G Read-Intensive SFF SSD on Basic Carrier: a dependable, cost-efficient hot-swap server SSD for boot and read-heavy workloads in Gen10+/Gen11 platforms.