General

Engineer's Note

This DDR3-1600 UDIMM with ECC and a low 1.35V operating voltage is purpose-built for entry-level servers, small business NAS, and workstations requiring data integrity. Its dual-rank x8 configuration combined with unbuffered ECC delivers a balance of efficient memory interleaving and single-bit error correction, making it ideal for always-on, mission-critical applications where stability is paramount.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. An eight-gigabyte capacity delivers sufficient headroom for essential virtualized workloads, ensuring smooth operation of multiple light-weight VMs on a single socket.
2. Integrated Error Correction Code prevents single-bit data corruption, upholding transaction integrity in financial or database applications where accuracy is non-negotiable.
3. Operating at a low voltage reduces power consumption and thermal output, which is vital for dense server racks with constrained cooling capacity.
4. The sixteen-hundred megahertz frequency provides a solid 12.8 GB/s bandwidth, minimizing bottlenecks when concurrent requests hit the memory controller.
5. A dual-rank x8 organization enables interleaving for faster page accesses, boosting overall throughput under multi-threaded server workloads.

Why These Specs Matter

For your server infrastructure, the Micron UDIMM (MPN MT18KBZS1G72AKZ-1G6E) is an 8GB DDR3-1600 module with ECC, 1.35V operation, and dual-rank x8 design, built to solve critical operational pain points. In a virtualized environment hosting multiple tenants, silent memory corruption can cascade into host failure and data loss; ECC automatically corrects single-bit errors, ensuring continuous uptime for every virtual machine. For in-memory data stores like Redis or Memcached, a flipped bit can poison a user session or financial transaction; ECC eliminates that vulnerability, making the module indispensable for real-time analytics and caching. The 1.35V low voltage reduces energy consumption and heat, directly trimming facility costs in dense server rows and extending component lifespan. The dual-rank architecture enables command interleaving, amplifying effective bandwidth when numerous VMs contend for memory or when a high-throughput database services thousands of concurrent queries. These characteristics translate into resilient, cost-efficient operations for single-socket servers and microservers where data integrity and steady performance are non-negotiable.

Endurance & Reliability

General Virtualization
Deploy six to eight of these 8 GB ECC UDIMMs in a dual-socket server to obtain 48–64 GB of balanced memory. Populate all memory channels symmetrically to maximize bandwidth for multiple virtual machines, and the 1.35 V low-voltage design reduces cooling costs in dense rack environments.

In-Memory Database
Use the maximum supported number of modules—often four to six on micro-ATX server boards—to achieve 32–48 GB of reliable capacity. The ECC protection safeguards in-memory data structures from single-bit errors, while dual-rank x8 organization and DDR3L efficiency maintain stable operation under sustained full-load caching.

High-Performance Computing
Install identical modules in every channel (e.g., eight DIMMs for quad-channel platforms) to enable rank interleaving and maximum throughput. The 1600 MHz speed with CL11 latency delivers consistent memory bandwidth for compute-bound simulations, and the unbuffered, dual-rank topology minimizes access latency in tightly coupled cluster nodes. ECC further ensures result integrity during long-running parallel jobs.

Verified Compatibility

Rigorously tested blade server memory. Compatible with Dell PowerEdge M620, M520, M420, M820.

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