General

Brand	Micron
Model	5200 MAX
Capacity	960GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

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

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5-inch 7mm

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	5
Total Bytes Written	8760 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	540 MB/s
Sequential Write	520 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	95000
Random Write IOPS	75000
Average Latency	500 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 960GB (MTFDDAK960TDN-1AT1ZABDA) is purpose-built for write-intensive mixed-workload environments such as OLTP databases, virtualization logs, and cache/journal tiers, combining 5 DWPD endurance with 8,760 TBW in a SATA 6Gb/s form factor. Compared with typical read-centric SATA SSDs in the same class, it delivers a stronger balance of sustained reliability and performance with up to 540/520 MB/s sequential throughput and 95K/75K random IOPS, making it a higher-confidence choice where endurance consistency matters more than raw capacity.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 8,760 TBW and 5 DWPD, the MTFDDAK960TDN-1AT1ZABDA is designed for intensive write workloads and can comfortably handle many years of typical enterprise use. In practical terms, for common OS, application, logging, and mixed server workloads, this level of endurance provides long-term peace of mind and is more than sufficient for use as a reliable system drive over a 10-year service horizon under normal conditions. This drive also includes power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve data in flight and prevents metadata corruption if power is suddenly interrupted, reducing the risk of unexpected downtime or recovery events. Its enterprise-class UBER of 1.0E-17 means an extremely low rate of uncorrectable bit errors, and together with the 3-million-hour MTBF, it reflects a design focused on data integrity and dependable operation in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface paired with 540 MB/s sequential read performance enables straightforward drop-in upgrades for legacy enterprise servers while accelerating OS boot, backup, and large-file streaming workloads.
2. With 95,000 K IOPS random read capability, the drive can sustain responsive access to hot data in virtualization, OLTP, and metadata-heavy application environments.
3. Rated at 5 DWPD, this SSD is built for write-intensive enterprise use cases such as logging, caching, and high-churn databases where predictable endurance directly supports longer service life.
4. Built on 3D TLC NAND, it balances enterprise-class capacity, cost efficiency, and reliability, making it well suited for scaling mainstream datacenter storage without moving to higher-cost flash tiers.
5. A typical latency of 500 µs helps reduce storage wait time for latency-sensitive applications, improving transaction consistency and overall quality of service under mixed workloads.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 480GB Higher capacity reference: 1.92TB In this product family, the 960GB model sits at a practical sweet spot. Compared with the 480GB version, it provides much better headroom for OS images, application growth, logs, and overprovisioning, reducing the risk of early capacity pressure. Compared with the 1.92TB option, it usually delivers a more attractive cost profile while maintaining broadly similar enterprise-class sequential throughput and random IOPS. This makes 960GB a balanced choice for mid-scale deployments, such as a virtualization cluster hosting around 40 to 60 general-purpose server instances.

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