XP1600LE70015 Seagate Nytro 5550H 1.6TB NVMe 2.5" Server SSD

High-Performance U.2 NVMe Enterprise SSD engineered for mixed-workload tiers with the XP1600LE70015

The XP1600LE70015 is a Seagate Nytro 5550H 1.6TB 2.5in U.2 NVMe SSD designed for modern server platforms where PCIe NVMe latency and queue-depth scaling matter more than raw capacity. By attaching directly to the PCIe fabric through a U.2 backplane, the XP1600LE70015 supports predictable performance for virtualization clusters, database tiers, and read-heavy analytics caches without the protocol overhead of legacy SAS/SATA designs.

Built on TLC NAND, the XP1600LE70015 balances sustained throughput and IOPS behavior for mixed workloads, reaching up to 7,400 MB/s read and 4,300 MB/s write, with 4K performance up to 1,700,000 read IOPS and 315,000 write IOPS. Its hot-swap 2.5in U.2 form factor simplifies serviceability in dense rack servers, while 3 DWPD endurance over 5 years and a 2.5M-hour MTBF align the drive to 24x7 datacenter duty cycles and consistent QoS under consolidation.

Why Choose the XP1600LE70015?

The XP1600LE70015 provides a strong density-to-performance profile for tiers that must absorb bursty reads while sustaining transactional writes, making it suitable for scale-out nodes where PCIe lanes are a constrained resource. With enterprise endurance targets, hot-swap operational continuity, and standardized U.2 integration, the XP1600LE70015 supports repeatable deployments across fleets and simplifies lifecycle planning for storage-heavy clusters.

Seagate engineers the Nytro enterprise portfolio around predictable behavior, long-life endurance validation, and compliance with datacenter integration expectations. The XP1600LE70015 extends this approach with always-on encryption capabilities and operational characteristics aligned to enterprise backplanes, monitoring, and service processes.

Key Applications:

• Virtualization storage tiers
• Database and log acceleration
• Read-heavy analytics caching
• Hot data and metadata pools
• High-IOPS application hosting

At Happyware - Server Hardware you benefit from 24/7 Customer Service to support your rollout planning and operational questions for the XP1600LE70015, and you can secure an Extended Warranty up to 6 years for added protection in long-lived datacenter deployments.