General

Brand	Micron
Model	5200 MAX
Capacity	1920GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

Host Interface	SATA 6Gb/s
Total Interface Bandwidth	6 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5-inch

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	5
Total Bytes Written	17520 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	540 MB/s
Sequential Write	520 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	95000
Random Write IOPS	75000
Average Latency	200 μs

Reliability

Mean Time Between Failures	3 Million Hours
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate	1.0×10⁻¹⁷
Power Loss Protection	Yes

Engineer's Note

The Micron 5200 MAX 1.92TB is purpose-built for write-intensive SATA deployments such as OLTP databases, metadata-heavy virtualization, and high-churn cache tiers, combining 5 DWPD endurance with 17,520 TBW to sustain heavy daily writes far beyond typical read-centric SATA SSDs. With 95K/75K random IOPS, 540/520 MB/s sequential performance, and proven 3D TLC NAND, it delivers enterprise-class consistency and longevity for infrastructures that need NVMe-like reliability discipline while remaining on a 6Gb/s SATA platform.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 17,520 TBW and 5 DWPD, the MTFDDAK1T9TDN-1AT1ZABDB is built for sustained write-intensive enterprise workloads, allowing the full drive capacity to be written five times per day within its rated service life. In typical deployment scenarios, this level of endurance means it can comfortably handle demanding roles such as OS boot, logging, caching, and mixed application workloads for many years without endurance becoming a practical concern. For enterprise reliability, the drive includes Power Loss Protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and protects metadata integrity if power is interrupted unexpectedly. Its UBER specification of 1.0E-17 indicates an extremely low likelihood of uncorrectable bit errors during reads, supporting high data integrity expectations in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface ensures broad compatibility with mainstream enterprise servers and storage arrays, enabling cost-efficient upgrades without changing existing backplanes or management workflows.
2. With sequential read performance of 540 MB/s, the drive accelerates large-file access such as backup restores, VM image loading, and analytics dataset ingestion.
3. Delivering up to 95,000 random read IOPS, it sustains responsive performance for latency-sensitive workloads like OLTP databases, virtual desktops, and heavily indexed applications.
4. Rated for 5 DWPD, this endurance class is built for write-intensive enterprise environments, helping support sustained logging, caching, and mixed-workload operation over the drive’s service life.
5. Built with 3D TLC NAND and a typical latency of 200 µs, the SSD balances enterprise-grade capacity efficiency with consistently fast response times for predictable application behavior under load.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 960GB Higher capacity reference: 3840GB At 1920GB, this SSD sits at the sweet spot of the family. Compared with the 960GB option, it offers much better headroom for OS images, logs, patch growth, and moderate application data, reducing early capacity pressure. Compared with the 3840GB model, it keeps acquisition cost and power footprint more disciplined while delivering essentially the same enterprise-class sequential throughput and random IOPS profile. In practice, 1920GB is a strong fit for a mid-sized virtualization cluster, such as shared boot and utility storage for about 60 to 80 mixed workload virtual machines.

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