General

Brand	Micron
Model	5200 ECO
Capacity	960GB
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 TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1
Total Bytes Written	1750 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	540 MB/s
Sequential Write	520 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	95000
Random Write IOPS	28000
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 ECO 960GB is purpose-built for read-intensive scale-out workloads such as CDN edge nodes, boot/storage tiers in virtualized clusters, and content repositories, combining SATA 6Gb/s compatibility with 540/520 MB/s throughput and up to 95K/28K IOPS for predictable application response. Compared with typical entry read-centric SATA SSDs, its 1 DWPD endurance and 1,750 TBW on proven 3D TLC NAND deliver a stronger write margin and longer service life, making it a better fit where mixed daily updates would prematurely wear lower-end alternatives.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 1,750 TBW and 1 DWPD, the MTFDDAK960TDN-1AT16ABYY is designed to handle the equivalent of writing its full 960GB capacity once per day throughout its warranty period, which is more than sufficient for typical OS, boot, and mainstream enterprise application workloads. In practical terms, for lighter system-disk or read-centric deployments, this level of endurance can comfortably support many years of stable use, giving buyers strong confidence in long-term service life. For enterprise reliability, built-in power loss protection (PLP) helps preserve in-flight data and protects metadata integrity if power is unexpectedly interrupted, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned recovery events. Its UBER of 1.0E-17 indicates an extremely low unrecoverable bit error rate, supporting high data integrity expectations in business-critical environments, while the 3-million-hour MTBF further reinforces its suitability for dependable continuous operation.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA interface ensures broad compatibility with mainstream enterprise servers and storage arrays, making it a low-risk drop-in upgrade for legacy infrastructure refreshes.
2. Its strong sequential read performance helps accelerate backup restores, media streaming, and large dataset access in read-centric production environments.
3. High random read capability improves VM density and database responsiveness by serving small-block requests with consistent speed under multi-user workloads.
4. The endurance profile is well suited to mixed-use enterprise deployments that require predictable daily write capacity without overpaying for heavy-write-class media.
5. 3D TLC NAND provides a practical balance of capacity, cost efficiency, and reliability, making it ideal for scaling business-critical storage at manageable TCO.

Capacity Sweet

For the MTFDDAK960TDN-1AT16ABYY 960GB enterprise SSD, the nearest lower capacity in the same family is typically 480GB, and the nearest higher capacity is 1.92TB. These options generally deliver very similar sequential read/write behavior and random IOPS, which is standard for enterprise SSD families where capacity scaling affects endurance and usable space more than headline performance. At 960GB, this model sits at the sweet spot of the lineup. Compared with 480GB, it offers much better headroom for OS growth, logs, hot data, and workload bursts. Compared with 1.92TB, it usually delivers a more attractive cost-per-node while preserving essentially the same enterprise-class responsiveness. It is well suited for mid-scale deployments, such as a virtualization cluster hosting around 40 to 60 mixed application and infrastructure VMs with comfortable operating margin.

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