HPE 240 GB SATA Solid State Drive P04556-S21-RFB is a server-oriented SSD for enterprise systems, in the HPE SmartDrive Carrier format for compatible HPE server drive bays.
Its 240 GB capacity can hold operating-system files, application data, virtual-machine resources or frequently accessed server data. The SATA interface supports a transfer rate of 6 Gb/s, for server storage configurations designed around SATA.
For the corresponding P04556-S21 specification, average latency is 120 ms, with random performance of 66,000 IOPS for reading and 9,800 IOPS for writing. These figures describe access characteristics under mixed server activity. Flash memory stores data without rotating magnetic media, making this variant an option for server drive replacement, storage expansion and other enterprise infrastructure tasks requiring a 240 GB SATA SmartDrive Carrier SSD.