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Drives

Why did HP Enterprise stop using Smart carriers in their server drives?

HPE's Smart Carrier — the drive tray with the LED ring and the "Do Not Remove" warning — was standard on ProLiant Gen8, Gen9, and Gen10 servers. From Gen10 Plus onward, HPE switched to the simplified Basic Carrier. Here's what e
▸ Mar 31, 2023
SSDs

What are HPE "Multi-Vendor" (MV) SSD?

Seen "MV" in an HPE SSD description and wondered if it's some kind of third-party drive? It's the opposite: Multi-Vendor is HPE's own program for sourcing the same drive SKU from multiple qualified manufacturers — same HPE part number
▸ Sep 10, 2021
Memory

Whatever Happened to 3D XPoint Memory? The Rise and Fall of Intel Optane

In July 2015, Intel and Micron announced a memory technology they said would be 1,000 times faster than NAND flash. We covered the announcement the day it happened. A decade later, 3D XPoint has been built, sold as Intel Optane, deployed in
▸ Jul 28, 2015
Drives

512e Drives - what are they?

"512e" on an HPE drive spec sheet means the drive uses modern 4K physical sectors while presenting classic 512-byte sectors to your server — the "e" is for emulation. Once an early-adopter curiosity, 512e is now the default for enterp
▸ Jul 23, 2015
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