General

Brand	Micron
Model	M510DC
Capacity	800GB
Usage Class	Read-Intensive

Interface

Host Interface	SATA
Total Interface Bandwidth	6 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	16nm MLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1.7
Total Bytes Written	2500 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	420 MB/s
Sequential Write	380 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	65000
Random Write IOPS	30000
Average Latency	μs

Reliability

Mean Time Between Failures	2 Million Hours
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate	1.0×10⁻¹⁷
Power Loss Protection	Yes

Engineer's Note

The Micron M510DC 800GB (MTFDDAK800MBP-1AN1ZA) is best suited for write-intensive mixed-workload environments such as database logging, virtualization boot/storage tiers, and CDN edge caching, where its 1.7 DWPD endurance, 2,500TB TBW, and 16nm MLC NAND provide materially stronger sustained durability than typical read-centric SATA SSDs. With 420/380 MB/s sequential performance and up to 65K/30K random IOPS, it delivers a well-balanced enterprise SATA profile for operators who need predictable latency and higher write resilience without moving to a higher-cost SAS or NVMe tier.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 2500 TBW and 1.7 DWPD, the MTFDDAK800MBP-1AN1ZA is built to handle sustained daily write activity well beyond typical OS, application, and general server boot-drive workloads. In practical terms, for use cases such as a system disk, virtualization boot volume, or read-centric enterprise workload, this level of endurance provides long service life and can comfortably support many years of operation under normal deployment conditions. For enterprise reliability, built-in power-loss protection (PLP) helps preserve in-flight data and protects metadata integrity if power is interrupted unexpectedly, reducing the risk of corruption during sudden shutdown events. Its UBER rating of 1.0E-16, together with a 2 million hour MTBF, reflects a high-reliability design intended for data center environments where data integrity, predictable operation, and reduced maintenance risk are critical.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA interface makes this drive an easy drop-in upgrade for mainstream enterprise servers and storage arrays, simplifying integration while improving performance over legacy hard drives.
2. With 420 MB/s sequential read speed, it accelerates boot volumes, log access, and large file retrieval in read-focused business workloads.
3. Its 65,000 random read IOPS helps databases and virtualized environments respond faster under heavy concurrent access, improving application responsiveness for end users.
4. A 1.7 DWPD endurance rating gives enterprises the write resilience needed for mixed-workload deployments, supporting predictable service life in always-on environments.
5. Built on 16nm MLC NAND, the drive balances strong performance consistency and higher write durability, making it well suited for enterprise applications that demand reliability over time.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 400GB Higher capacity reference: 1.6TB Capacity positioning analysis: Within this enterprise SSD family, the 800GB model sits at the sweet spot. Compared with the 400GB option, it gives materially better headroom for OS images, logs, metadata, and steady data growth, reducing early capacity pressure in mixed enterprise workloads. Compared with the 1.6TB version, it preserves nearly the same class of sequential throughput and random IOPS while keeping acquisition cost and fleet-wide budget more controlled. This makes 800GB especially well suited for medium-scale virtualization clusters, database nodes, or hyper-converged infrastructure requiring balanced capacity density.

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