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HP P20838-001

The HP P20838-001 is a 5-pack of 800GB 2.5-inch SAS 12Gb/s Mixed-Use Dual-Port Solid State Drives (SSDs) designed for compatible HP Enterprise Gen8–Gen10 servers and storage platforms. It provides high-speed enterprise storage, reliable dual-port connectivity, and balanced performance for virtualization, databases, and demanding business applications.

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Description

The HP P20838-001 is an enterprise-grade SSD solution consisting of five 800GB 2.5-inch SAS solid-state drives designed for use in compatible HP Enterprise server and storage environments.

Each drive provides 800GB of storage capacity and uses a 12Gb/s SAS interface, delivering high-speed connectivity and low-latency storage performance compared with traditional mechanical hard drives. The Mixed-Use (MU) classification makes these SSDs suitable for workloads involving a combination of read and write operations.

The drives feature Dual-Port SAS connectivity, allowing supported enterprise storage architectures to provide redundant paths to the storage device. This can improve availability and support high-availability configurations when used with compatible controllers and infrastructure.

The P20838-001 is designed for compatible HP Enterprise Gen8 through Gen10 platforms and uses a 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) design, making it suitable for server environments where storage density and performance are important.

The five-drive package provides a combined 4TB raw capacity before formatting, RAID configuration, or other storage overhead.

Key Specifications

Feature Specification
Brand HP
Part Number P20838-001
Product Type Enterprise SAS SSD 5-Pack
Drive Quantity 5 SSDs
Capacity per Drive 800GB
Total Raw Capacity 4TB
Form Factor 2.5-inch SFF
Interface SAS
Interface Speed 12Gb/s
Drive Type Solid State Drive
Workload Type Mixed Use (MU)
Port Configuration Dual Port
Compatibility HP Enterprise Gen8–Gen10*
Primary Application Enterprise Server / Storage

*Compatibility should be verified against the specific server model, drive cage/backplane, controller, firmware, and supported drive options.

Key Features & Benefits

  • 5 × 800GB enterprise SSDs
  • 4TB total raw capacity
  • 2.5-inch SFF design
  • High-speed 12Gb/s SAS interface
  • Dual-Port SAS connectivity
  • Mixed-Use workload classification
  • Designed for enterprise server environments
  • Suitable for read/write-intensive business workloads
  • High-speed data access and low storage latency
  • Suitable for RAID configurations
  • Designed for compatible HP Gen8–Gen10 infrastructure
  • Ideal for server upgrades and storage expansion

Enterprise Storage Performance

The 12Gb/s SAS interface provides high-bandwidth connectivity between the SSD and compatible enterprise storage controller. SAS technology also supports enterprise features such as dual-port connectivity and redundant storage paths.

The Mixed-Use classification makes these drives suitable for environments where applications generate both read and write activity, including:

  • Database workloads
  • Virtualization
  • Enterprise applications
  • Transaction processing
  • File and application servers
  • General server storage

Dual-Port SAS

Dual-port SAS provides two independent SAS paths to a compatible drive. When supported by the server and storage architecture, this can provide:

  • Redundant connectivity
  • Improved availability
  • Failover capability
  • Flexible enterprise storage configurations

Actual redundancy and failover behavior depend on the installed SAS controller, backplane, server configuration, and storage architecture.

Recommended Applications

  • Enterprise Servers
  • Virtualization Hosts
  • Database Servers
  • Application Servers
  • File Servers
  • Business-Critical Applications
  • RAID Storage Arrays
  • Data Center Storage
  • Server Storage Upgrades
  • High-Availability Storage Environments

Package Configuration

Package: 5 × 800GB SSDs
Capacity per SSD: 800GB
Combined Raw Capacity: 4TB

Actual usable capacity will vary depending on formatting, RAID level, filesystem overhead, and storage configuration.