Cisco 8 TB 2.5-inch U.2 Intel P4510 NVMe SSD | Enterprise Storage — UCSC-NVMEHW-I8000=

Move demanding workloads onto a storage tier built for speed and capacity. This 8 TB 2.5-inch U.2 NVMe drive based on the Intel P4510 platform is aimed at enterprise environments that need faster access than SATA can provide, while still preserving the capacity density required in modern servers. The U.2 interface makes it a natural fit for systems designed around NVMe flash, especially where application responsiveness and storage consolidation are both priorities. For infrastructure teams, the value is in the balance: high-capacity flash for large datasets, plus NVMe performance for latency-sensitive workloads. That makes this drive well suited to virtualization, analytics, database tiers, and other applications that benefit from quicker queue handling and more direct access paths. In dense rack deployments, the 2.5-inch format helps preserve bay efficiency while supporting a more capable storage architecture. Choose this model when SATA no longer meets the performance profile, but you still need a practical enterprise drive that fits standard U.2 NVMe infrastructure. It is a strong option for teams standardizing on flash tiers that must deliver both throughput and endurance-oriented behavior across production workloads. Ideal For High-performance storage tier for virtualized server clusters Database and analytics workloads requiring low-latency flash NVMe expansion in Cisco enterprise servers Dense rack deployments using U.2 backplanes Why This Product 1 NVMe interface delivers lower latency than SATA-class drives 2 8 TB capacity supports dense enterprise storage tiers 3 U.2 form factor fits modern NVMe server backplanes 4 Intel P4510 platform targets performance-focused workloads