The Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X is the first product to combine the attributes of memory and storage. With an industry-leading combination of high throughput, low latency, high QoS and high endurance, this innovative solution is optimized to break through data access bottlenecks by providing a new data storage tier. The DC P4800X/P4801X accelerates applications with fast caching and fast storage to increase scale per server and reduce transaction costs for latency sensitive workloads. In addition, the Intel® OptaneTM DC P4800X enables data centers to deploy bigger and more affordable datasets to gain new insights from large memory pools.

Q: What is the difference between the Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X and the Intel® SSD P4500/P4600?

A: Intel® SSDs can be used across a continuum of data tiering needs including storage, caching, and memory. Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X and Intel® SSD P4500/P4600 drives have different benefits based on where and how you use them. Generally speaking, Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X drives are used for system acceleration, whereas Intel® SSD P4500/P4600 drives are used for bulk data.

Storage

The storage tier is about storing massive amounts of permanent data effectively. The dense concentration of performance and capacity of Intel® SSD P4500/P4600 drives enable cost-effective storage of massive volumes while helping reduce cost and improve server agility.

Caching

Both Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X drives and select Intel® SSD P4500/P4600 drives can be used for caching. The best NVM Express* (NVMe*) caching SSDs are PCIe*-based and can significantly accelerate applications and increase server utilization beyond a Serial ATA (SATA) SSD device. However, with some applications, even the performance of a NAND SSD might not be sufficient and could bottleneck performance and capacity scaling. In these cases, an Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X is the better solution.

Memory

Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X drives’ breakthrough performance, predictably fast QoS, and endurance allow them to extend the size of memory pools. This enables larger working datasets (more data close to the CPU) to help realize new data-driven value.

Q: What applications are best served by an Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X? What workloads?

A: Highly random, storage-bound applications are best served by the Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X. Intel® Optane™ SSDs are ideal for working and real-time data stored in large volumes. The Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X allows each server to do more across applications.

Q: How does the Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X fit into the modern data center? What about the next-generation data center?

A: The Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X can be used to accelerate any workload that requires low latency and high QoS. It also delivers industry leading performance at low queue depths. We see the Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X fitting into the evolving data center in two ways: one, as fast storage or cache, and two, as a memory-pool extension.

As fast storage or cache, the drive delivers fast performance that can break through storage bottlenecks and significantly increase scale per server while reducing the transaction costs of latency-sensitive workloads. And, when configured with Intel® Memory Drive Technology, the Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X can be deployed to enable bigger, more cost-effective memory.

Interface

    - PCIe Bus

Capacity

    - Up to 1.5 TB per SSD

Intel Platform

    - Any

Function

    - Persistent Storage

    - Volatile Memory (with Intel® Memory Drive Technology)

Form Factor

    - U.2

    - AIC

Operating System

    - Any

The Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X is the first product to combine the attributes of memory and storage.  

It offers users:

• High throughput
  
  
• Low latency
  
  
• High QoS
  
  
• High endurance
  
  
• A new data storage tier for eliminating data access bottlenecks
  
  
• Fast caching and fast storage
  
  
• Reduced transaction costs for latency sensitive workloads
  
  
• Deployment of bigger and more affordable datasets

With a new data storage tier created by the Intel® Optane™ SSD technology, data centers can consistently realize amazing response times under any workload.

The Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X surpasses NAND-based SSDs by:

• Maintaining consistent read response times regardless of the write throughput
  
  
• Delivering average read response times below <30μs
  
  
• Sustaining a 70/30 mixed read/write bandwidth of 2GB/s

In an environment of fast growing data and ever demanding needs, data centers must deploy solutions that enable predictably fast service.

The Intel® Optane™ SSD P4800X/P4801X supports:

• Critical applications with demanding latency requirements
  
  
• 99% read response times up to 63x better than that of a high-endurance NAND SSD under random write workloads
  
  
• Faster times to insight for decision making

Endurance affects the life expectancy and costs of enterprise SSDs.

The P4800X/P4801X is designed for:

• High write environments
  
  
• Intense write traffic that is typically demanded of memory
  
  
• Write-intensive applications such as online transaction processing, HPCs, write caching, boot, and logging

Intel® Optane™ SSD technology modernizes the existing data center architecture with a new tier in the memory and storage hierarchy, filling the gap between high-performing volatile memory and lower-performing, but affordable, NAND storage.

Intel® Optane™ SSD technology is ideal for handling “working data”: data that needs to be close to the CPU for rapid access.