P18436-B21 - HPE 1.92TB SATA MU SFF SC MV SSD

HPE P18436-B21 — 3.84TB SATA 6G Read Intensive SFF BC Multi-Vendor SSD

What it is

P18436-B21 is an HPE enterprise SATA SSD for ProLiant servers.
It’s a 3.84TB SATA 6Gb/s, Read Intensive (RI), 2.5" SFF drive that ships on an HPE Basic Carrier (BC) for hot-swap bays. “Multi-Vendor” means HPE may fulfill the SKU with equivalent approved SSD models over time, while keeping the same published endurance and performance class.

Why buyers pick P18436-B21 (plain English)

• Huge SATA SSD capacity per bay
  3.84TB is a great “density jump” for SFF servers when you want more flash without paying for SAS/NVMe.

• Perfect for read-heavy storage pools
  Ideal for virtualization datastores, app tiers, and content repositories that are mostly read.

• Hot-swap ready
  Pre-mounted in the HPE carrier — slides straight into ProLiant hot-swap bays.

• Enterprise-qualified reliability
  Digitally signed firmware + Multi-Vendor sourcing keeps supply consistent.

60-second spec box (P18436-B21)

Capacity

• 3.84 TB

Interface

• SATA 6 Gb/s

Form factor / carrier

• 2.5" SFF

• HPE Basic Carrier (hot-swap)

Workload class

• Read Intensive (RI)

• Endurance class: ~1 DWPD range (read-dominant workloads)

Firmware / platform

• HPE-qualified, digitally signed firmware for ProLiant

Warranty

• 3-year HPE warranty

Use case

• Large VM datastores, read-heavy application tiers, general all-flash server pools.

Where it fits (and when to choose something else)

Perfect for:

• ProLiant servers with SFF hot-swap bays

• High-capacity read-heavy storage tiers

• Replacing large HDD pools with dense flash

Choose something else if:

• You’re write-heavy → go Mixed Use (MU) or Write Intensive (WI) SSDs

• You want more throughput / dual-port reliability → SAS 12G/24G SSDs

• You need lowest latency possible → NVMe SSDs

TL;DR

P18436-B21 is HPE’s 3.84TB SATA 6G Read-Intensive SFF SSD on Basic Carrier: a hot-swap, high-capacity enterprise SATA SSD built for read-heavy server storage.