P49035-B21 - HPE 3.84TB SAS 24G RI SFF BC MV SSD

HPE P49035-B21 — 3.84TB SAS 24G Read Intensive SFF Basic Carrier Multi-Vendor SSD

What it is

P49035-B21 is an HPE enterprise SAS solid-state drive designed for HPE ProLiant servers and supported storage platforms.
It’s a 3.84TB SAS 24Gb/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 approved equivalent SSD models over time while maintaining the same workload class and published specification range.

Why buyers pick P49035-B21 (plain English)

Higher-speed SAS interface
SAS 24G doubles the throughput over 12G SAS, improving performance for read-heavy workloads without moving to NVMe.

Large capacity with strong read performance
3.84TB delivers substantial usable space while delivering high read throughput for enterprise workloads.

Read Intensive workload class
Optimized for workloads dominated by reads with moderate writes — a cost-efficient fit for many applications.

Hot-swap ready
Ships on an HPE Basic Carrier for easy installation and replacement in ProLiant hot-swap bays.

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

60-second spec box (P49035-B21)

Capacity
3.84TB

Interface
SAS 24Gb/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
Read-dominant enterprise workloads, virtualization infrastructure, large-capacity boot/OS tiers.

Where it fits (and when to choose something else)

Perfect for:

• ProLiant servers with SFF hot-swap bays

• Read-heavy enterprise workloads

• Virtualization infrastructures (e.g., VM boot/reads)

• Higher-throughput SAS requirements without moving to NVMe

Choose something else if:

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

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

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

TL;DR

P49035-B21 is HPE’s 3.84TB SAS 24G Read Intensive SFF SSD on Basic Carrier:
a hot-swap enterprise SAS SSD with a faster 24Gb/s interface and optimized for read-dominant workloads with large usable capacity.