General

Brand	Micron
Model	5400 MAX
Capacity	960GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

Host Interface	SATA III
Total Interface Bandwidth	6 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5" 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	65000
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 5400 MAX 960GB (MTFDDAK960TGB-1BC15ABYY) is purpose-built for write-intensive SATA deployments such as database logging, virtualization boot/storage tiers, and edge servers that need enterprise endurance, delivering 5 DWPD and 8,760 TBW on proven 3D TLC NAND. Compared with typical mixed-use SATA SSDs in the same class, it stands out by combining near-interface-limit performance of up to 540/520 MB/s and 95K/65K IOPS with MAX-series endurance, making it the stronger choice where sustained write activity and lifecycle consistency matter more than raw capacity.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 8,760 TBW and 5 DWPD, the MTFDDAK960TGB-1BC15ABYY is designed for sustained, write-intensive enterprise use rather than light client workloads. In practical terms, under typical server or system-disk workloads, this level of endurance provides many years of comfortable headroom and can easily support use as a highly reliable boot or application drive over a long service life. For reliability, built-in power-loss protection (PLP) helps preserve in-flight data and protects metadata integrity if power is interrupted unexpectedly, which is especially important for transactional and virtualized environments. Its enterprise-class UBER of 1.0E-17, together with a 3 million hour MTBF, indicates an extremely low probability of unrecoverable bit errors and strong overall dependability for business-critical deployments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA III interface ensures broad compatibility with mainstream enterprise servers and storage arrays, enabling cost-efficient upgrades without changing existing backplane infrastructure.
2. Its sequential read performance accelerates large-block data access, helping analytics platforms, backup restores, and virtual machine boot operations complete faster.
3. The strong random read capability sustains responsive performance under highly concurrent transactional workloads, making it well suited for virtualization, database indexing, and metadata-heavy applications.
4. A 5 DWPD endurance rating supports intensive daily overwrite cycles, giving enterprises the write resilience needed for caching, logging, and mixed-workload environments over the drive’s service life.
5. Built with 3D TLC NAND, the drive balances enterprise-grade capacity, reliability, and power efficiency, delivering a practical cost-per-terabyte for always-on data center deployments.

Capacity Sweet

In the same series, the next lower capacity is 480GB and the next higher capacity is 1.92TB. For enterprise use, their sequential read/write performance and random IOPS are broadly in line with the 960GB model, so capacity is the main differentiator. At 960GB, this SSD sits at the sweet spot of the family. Compared with 480GB, it gives much better headroom for OS, logs, hot data, and growth, reducing early capacity pressure. Compared with 1.92TB, it delivers a stronger cost-performance balance for mainstream deployments. It is especially well suited for mid-size virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for about 40–60 general-purpose virtual machines.

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