P47810-B21 - HPE 480GB SATA 6G RI SFF SC PM893 SSD

HPE P47810-B21 — 480GB SATA 6G Read Intensive SFF Smart Carrier PM893 SSD

What it is

P47810-B21 is an HPE enterprise SATA solid-state drive designed for HPE ProLiant servers and supported storage platforms.
It’s a 480 GB SATA 6 Gb/s Read Intensive (RI) SSD in a 2.5″ small form factor (SFF) that ships on an HPE Smart Carrier (SC) for hot-swap bays.
The PM893 designation indicates HPE’s platform firmware and validation class tuned for predictable enterprise SATA performance.

Why buyers pick P47810-B21 (plain English)

Right-sized capacity
480 GB delivers a practical amount of usable space for operating systems, boot volumes, and read-focused enterprise workloads.

Read Intensive workload class
Optimized for environments where reads dominate and writes are moderate — a cost-effective choice for many server tiers.

Enterprise SATA interface
SATA 6 Gb/s offers broad compatibility and consistent performance for mainstream storage needs.

Hot-swap ready
Ships on an HPE Smart Carrier for simple installation, visual status feedback, and tool-less replacement in hot-swap bays.

Platform-tuned firmware
PM893-class firmware is validated by HPE for consistent, reliable behavior on ProLiant platforms.

60-second spec box (P47810-B21)

Capacity
480 GB

Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s

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

Workload class
Read Intensive (RI)

Endurance class
Read-optimized enterprise SSD

Firmware / platform
HPE PM893-class SSD firmware for ProLiant

Warranty
3-year HPE warranty

Use case
Boot and OS storage, read-heavy application tiers, virtualization read caches, general enterprise SATA 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-optimized tiers

• Cost-conscious SATA storage environments

Choose something else if:

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

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

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

TL;DR

P47810-B21 is HPE’s 480 GB SATA 6G Read Intensive SFF SSD on Smart Carrier (PM893):
a hot-swap enterprise SATA SSD optimized for read-heavy workloads with dependable performance and a cost-effective capacity profile.