General

Brand	Micron
Model	5200 PRO
Capacity	480GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

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

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5" 7mm

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	3D eTLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1.3
Total Bytes Written	1130 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	540 MB/s
Sequential Write	410 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	78000
Random Write IOPS	32000
Average Latency	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 PRO 480GB (MTFDDAK480TDC-1AT1ZA) is best suited for mixed-read/write SATA server workloads such as virtualization boot tiers, database logs, and CDN edge caching, where its 1.3 DWPD endurance and 1130TB TBW provide materially stronger write tolerance than typical read-centric SATA SSDs in the same class. With 3D eTLC NAND delivering up to 540/410 MB/s and 78,000/32,000 IOPS, it offers a well-balanced upgrade path for legacy SATA infrastructures that need dependable enterprise endurance without moving to NVMe.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 1,130 TBW and 1.3 DWPD, the MTFDDAK480TDC-1AT1ZA is designed to sustain heavy, sustained write activity across its service life, making it well suited for demanding business and industrial deployments. Under typical OS, application, logging, and general edge/server workloads, this level of endurance means it can comfortably serve as a system or boot drive for many years, including up to around a decade in moderate-use scenarios. For enterprise reliability, built-in power-loss protection helps preserve data in flight during an unexpected power interruption, reducing the risk of corruption and improving system recovery confidence. Its UBER of 1.0E-17 indicates an extremely low probability of unrecoverable bit errors during reads, supporting high data integrity expectations for business-critical storage environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface ensures broad drop-in compatibility with mainstream enterprise backplanes and legacy server platforms, simplifying refresh cycles without requiring PCIe infrastructure changes.
2. Its sequential read performance of 540 MB/s helps accelerate boot storms, image loading, and large-file retrieval in virtualized and content-serving environments.
3. Delivering 78,000 K IOPS in random reads, the drive is well suited for metadata-heavy databases, VDI, and read-centric transactional workloads where fast small-block access sustains user responsiveness.
4. With 1.3 DWPD endurance, it can handle steady daily write activity in mixed-use enterprise deployments while supporting predictable lifespan planning and lower replacement risk.
5. Built on 3D eTLC NAND and rated for a typical latency of [latency] µs, the drive balances enterprise-grade cost efficiency with consistent QoS for latency-sensitive applications.

Capacity Sweet

In this series, the nearest lower capacity reference is 240GB, while the next higher step is 960GB. The 480GB model sits in the sweet spot: compared with 240GB, it provides much better headroom for OS images, application growth, logs, and overprovisioning, reducing the risk of early capacity pressure. Compared with 960GB, it preserves the same class of enterprise read/write and random IOPS behavior while offering a more efficient cost-per-node balance. It is best suited for mid-scale deployments, such as boot and application storage for about 40–60 virtualization hosts or edge service nodes.

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