General

Brand	Micron
Model	5300 PRO
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	1.5
Total Bytes Written	2628 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	540 MB/s
Sequential Write	520 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	95000
Random Write IOPS	30000
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 5300 PRO 960GB (MTFDDAK960TDN-1AT1ZABHA) is engineered for mixed-read enterprise SATA deployments where endurance matters, combining 1.5 DWPD and 2628 TBW with consistent 540/520 MB/s throughput and up to 95K/30K IOPS from proven 3D TLC NAND. It is especially well suited for boot, logging, metadata, and edge application tiers in servers that need a high-endurance SATA SSD with stronger write tolerance than typical read-optimized drives in the same class.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 2,628 TBW and 1.5 DWPD, the MTFDDAK960TDN-1AT1ZABHA is designed to comfortably handle sustained enterprise write activity over its service life. In typical workloads, this means it can serve very safely as an OS or application drive for many years, and in lighter mixed-use scenarios it provides ample write headroom with minimal endurance concern. For enterprise reliability, built-in power loss protection (PLP) helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during unexpected power interruptions, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned recovery events. Its ultra-low UBER of 1.0E-17, together with a 3 million hour MTBF, indicates a very high standard of data integrity and operational stability expected in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables straightforward drop-in deployment across legacy enterprise storage backplanes, helping extend server life without platform changes.
2. With sequential reads up to 540 MB/s, the drive accelerates boot volumes, media streaming, and large dataset access in read-heavy business workloads.
3. Random read performance of 95,000 IOPS helps databases and virtualized environments respond faster under highly fragmented, latency-sensitive access patterns.
4. Rated for 1.5 DWPD, it provides the write endurance needed for mixed-use enterprise applications that demand dependable daily overwrite capability over the service life.
5. Built on 3D TLC NAND and delivering typical latency of 500 µs, the drive balances cost efficiency, capacity scaling, and predictable responsiveness for mainstream data center operations.

Capacity Sweet

In this product family, the nearest lower-capacity option is 480GB, while the next higher-capacity option is 1.92TB. The 960GB model sits at the sweet spot: compared with 480GB, it gives much better headroom for OS images, logs, swap, and moderate application growth, reducing early capacity pressure. Compared with 1.92TB, it delivers nearly the same enterprise-class sequential and random performance characteristics while keeping acquisition cost and per-node storage budgets under tighter control. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and utility volumes for about 40–60 virtual machines.

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