Hewlett Packard Enterprise 816572-B21 Solid State Drive

The Hewlett Packard Enterprise 816572-B21 is a 1.92 TB, 12G SAS, 2.5" SFF enterprise SSD designed for read-intensive workloads in HPE server and storage systems. It uses a Smart Carrier (SC) and supports data transfer rates up to 12 Gb/s, with Read Intensive-3 (RI-3) usage to deliver consistent throughput and low latency. This drive is commonly installed in HPE ProLiant Gen8–Gen10 servers and storage arrays to optimize read performance. Ideal applications include web hosting, content delivery networks, virtualization platforms, and data analytics workloads that demand dependable read throughput. It is compatible with HPE ProLiant Gen8, Gen9, and Gen10 servers, and common replacements for this model include P04478-B21, P18424-B21, and 872479-B21.