HPE 800GB SAS Mixed-Use 2.5-Inch Enterprise SSD

Designed for modern data centers, the HPE 800 GB Solid State Drive delivers the speed, reliability, and efficiency required by data-intensive workloads. This 2.5-inch internal SAS MU SSD is optimized for mixed-use deployments, balancing read and write performance to support database operations, virtualization, cloud services, and analytics without compromising consistency. Built to integrate with HPE server ecosystems and backplanes, it accelerates enterprise applications while reducing latency and unlocking faster time-to-value for IT initiatives. With enterprise-grade endurance and intelligent management, this drive helps organizations scale their infrastructure to meet evolving demands while maintaining lower operational costs.

• High performance for data-intensive workloads: The HPE 800 GB MU SSD is engineered to deliver exceptional input/output operations per second (IOPS) and consistently low latency, ensuring rapid query responses, faster transaction processing, and smoother virtualization. This is particularly impactful in big data analytics, real-time reporting, and high-concurrency environments where every millisecond counts. The mix of read- and write-optimized layers in the Mixed-Use (MU) architecture ensures balanced performance across diverse workloads, so you don’t have to choose between speed for reads or endurance for writes. In practice, this translates to faster data access, improved application responsiveness, and the ability to scale analytics pipelines without bottlenecks.
• Enterprise reliability with endurance you can trust: Enterprise-grade SSDs are designed to handle sustained workloads with robust error detection, correction, and data protection mechanisms. The HPE MU SSD incorporates advanced fault tolerance and wear leveling to extend drive life under continuous use. This reliability supports mission-critical applications such as databases and virtualization platforms where downtime is not an option. With strong endurance characteristics and built-in safeguards, administrators gain confidence that performance remains stable over the drive’s lifetime, even under unpredictable traffic patterns and mixed workloads common in multi-tenant data centers.
• Seamless integration in 2.5-inch SAS backplanes and servers: The 2.5-inch form factor is a familiar standard in server bays and storage arrays, enabling straightforward installation into backplanes, drive cages, and hot-swap environments. The 24Gb/s SAS interface provides ample headroom for peak IOPS and low-latency data transfer, ensuring compatibility with modern enterprise controllers and RAID/risk-management configurations. With MU capabilities, this SSD is well-suited for deployments that require a single drive type to handle diverse workloads, simplifying procurement, deployment, and ongoing maintenance while maintaining optimal I/O characteristics across workloads.
• Energy efficiency and cost optimization for data centers: Enterprise SSDs are designed to deliver greater performance per watt than traditional hard drives and many consumer-level SSDs. The HPE MU SSD reduces overall power consumption in dense server configurations, cooling loads, and operational costs. By lowering idle and active power while preserving peak throughput, this drive helps data centers meet sustainability targets and budgetary constraints without sacrificing performance. The combination of efficiency and reliability makes it a smart choice for cloud services, virtualization, and analytics clusters where scale and energy costs are tightly managed.
• Optimized management and deployment within HPE ecosystems: Leveraging HPE’s ecosystem, this MU SSD integrates smoothly with existing server hardware, firmware, and storage management tools. Enterprise-grade firmware supports consistent performance characteristics, tracking of drive health, and proactive maintenance alerts. This fosters straightforward lifecycle management, from firmware updates to outperforming traditional storage under mixed-use conditions. For IT teams, the drive offers predictable behavior in hybrid environments, reducing the need for specialized tuning while delivering the performance gains needed by modern workloads.

Technical Details of HPE 800 GB SAS Mixed-Use 2.5-Inch Enterprise SSD

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How to Install HPE 800GB SAS Mixed-Use 2.5-Inch Enterprise SSD

• Power down the server and disconnect power to ensure safe installation of the 2.5-inch drive. If you’re replacing an existing drive, remove the old unit following your chassis’ service procedures and prepare the drive bay for the new MU SSD.
• Insert the drive into a compatible 2.5-inch SAS drive bay or hot-swap carrier, aligning the connector with the backplane. Secure the drive with the appropriate screws or locking mechanism to prevent movement during operation.
• Connect the SAS data and power cables (or utilize the server’s backplane) according to your server model’s guidelines. Confirm that the drive slot is populated in the backplane and that the backplane recognizes the new drive during POST.
• Power on the server and enter the system BIOS/UEFI or RAID controller utility. Verify that the HPE 800 GB MU SSD is detected and appears as an online drive. If you’re configuring a RAID array, follow the controller’s steps to add the new disk to the desired logical drive or array.
• Within the operating system or management software, initialize the new drive if required and apply any available firmware updates. Monitor drive health via the management interface, and schedule routine firmware and health checks to maintain consistent performance and reliability over time.

Frequently asked questions

• What capacity does this drive offer? The HPE 800 GB Solid State Drive provides 800 gigabytes of storage in a 2.5-inch form factor, designed for enterprise workloads that require fast, reliable access to data.
• What interface does it use? It utilizes a SAS interface at 24 Gb/s, enabling high-throughput data transfer and low-latency access suitable for databases, virtualization, and analytics platforms.
• What workloads is the mixed-use (MU) SSD best suited for? MU SSDs are optimized for mixed workloads, including big data analytics, cloud computing, high-performance computing, database applications, and virtualization. They deliver a balanced profile that supports read-heavy and write-heavy operations within the same drive.
• Why choose an enterprise MU SSD over consumer SSDs? Enterprise MU SSDs deliver consistent performance under sustained workloads, higher endurance and reliability, power management suited for data centers, and compatibility with enterprise storage controllers and backplanes—features critical for 24/7 operations and service-level commitments.
• Can this drive be used in existing HPE servers? Yes. The 2.5-inch SAS MU SSD is designed to integrate with standard HPE server hardware, backplanes, and storage management workflows, simplifying deployment in heterogeneous data-center environments.