Intel SSDPE2MD020T4 · DC P3700 Series · U.2 NVMe/PCIe Intel SSD DC P3700 2TB NVMe U.2 Enterprise SSD NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 · U.2 (SFF-8639) · 2.5" · 93% Life Remaining (SMART) · Canberra, ACT
NVMe PCIe 3.0 U.2 SFF-8639 Genuine Intel 2TB 93% Life Remaining HET MLC Caddy Included
Condition & Testing
Pulled from working enterprise infrastructure and fully tested on server-grade hardware. Verified via SMART data — no bad sectors, no reallocated sectors, 93% life/endurance remaining based on TBW metrics.
This is a U.2 (SFF-8639) NVMe drive — it will NOT fit a standard SATA/SAS backplane or a regular desktop motherboard. Requires a U.2-enabled server bay or a PCIe-to-U.2 adapter card. Please confirm compatibility before buying.
Specifications
ModelSSDPE2MD020T4 SeriesIntel DC P3700 Capacity2.0TB InterfaceNVMe / PCIe 3.0 x4 Form Factor2.5" U.2 (SFF-8639) NAND TypeHET MLC Firmware8DV10171 Life Remaining93% (SMART) Caddy / TrayIncluded
Why U.2 NVMe for Your Homelab / ESXi Host
→Native NVMe performance far exceeds SATA/SAS SSDs — ideal for VMware ESXi datastores, vSAN caching tier, and Proxmox/Unraid NVMe pools. →High Endurance Technology (HET) MLC — built for sustained enterprise write workloads, not consumer bursts. →Hot-swap U.2 form factor — designed for live insertion in Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant, and Supermicro NVMe backplanes. →Ideal for small office / SOHO virtualization hosts needing low-latency shared storage without SAN complexity.
HET MLC vs Newer 3D TLC NVMe — Why Endurance Still Matters
Newer TLC-based NVMe drives (e.g. Intel's P4510 or P4600 generation) offer higher raw capacity and IOPS, but rate lower on sustained endurance — the P4510 around 1 drive-write-per-day, and the P4600 around 2.9 drive-writes-per-day. The P3700's High Endurance Technology MLC NAND is rated up to 17 drive-writes-per-day — up to 17x the sustained write endurance of these newer, cheaper alternatives. For workloads dominated by heavy, continuous writes — ZFS SLOG/ZIL, database WAL journals, Ceph journals, or write-heavy VM caching tiers — that endurance headroom matters more than peak sequential throughput or raw capacity. If your workload is read-heavy or capacity-focused, a newer TLC drive at a lower price may genuinely suit you better; if it's write-intensive, this remains the stronger long-term choice.
Compatibility
Requires a U.2 (SFF-8639) NVMe bay or a PCIe-to-U.2 adapter card. This will not connect to a standard SATA or SAS port. Confirmed compatible with: Dell PowerEdge (NVMe backplane models), HP ProLiant Gen9/Gen10 NVMe bays, Supermicro NVMe chassis, and desktop/workstation builds using a PCIe U.2 adapter (common for TrueNAS, Proxmox, ESXi, and Unraid NVMe pool builds). Not a drop-in replacement for SATA or 2.5" SAS bays.
Ideal Use Cases
✓VMware ESXi Datastore/vSAN ✓Proxmox / TrueNAS NVMe Pool ✓Unraid Cache Pool (NVMe) ✓SOHO Virtualization Host ✓Database / High-IOPS Workloads ✓Dell/HP/Supermicro NVMe Bays ✕Standard SATA Motherboards ✕Basic SAS-only Backplanes
Ships from Canberra, ACT Tracked Postage · Fast Dispatch Questions welcome — ask before buying