General

Brand	Micron
Model	5300 PRO
Capacity	240GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

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

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	M.2 2280

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1.5
Total Bytes Written	657 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	540 MB/s
Sequential Write	220 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	54000
Random Write IOPS	35000
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 5300 PRO 240GB (MTFDDAV240TDS-1AW16ABYY) is best suited for boot, logging, and metadata tiers in entry enterprise servers and edge appliances, where its 1.5 DWPD endurance and 657 TBW deliver markedly higher write tolerance than typical read-centric SATA SSDs in the same class. With 3D TLC NAND, consistent 540/220 MB/s throughput, and up to 54,000/35,000 IOPS, it offers a balanced low-capacity SATA option for infrastructure workloads that need dependable mixed-read/write performance without stepping up to a higher-cost NVMe tier.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 657 TBW and 1.5 DWPD, the MTFDDAV240TDS-1AW16ABYY is designed to handle sustained daily write activity well beyond typical OS, application, and general business workloads. In practical terms, for use as a system or boot drive under normal enterprise operating conditions, this level of endurance supports many years of stable service and provides comfortable write headroom throughout its deployment life. Its enterprise-grade reliability is further strengthened by power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and protect metadata integrity if power is interrupted unexpectedly. In addition, the very low UBER of 1.0E-17 indicates an extremely small probability of unrecoverable bit errors during reads, supporting high data integrity and dependable operation in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface enables straightforward drop-in upgrades for legacy enterprise servers and storage arrays, minimizing integration risk while delivering dependable compatibility in cost-sensitive deployments.
2. With sequential read performance of 540 MB/s, this SSD accelerates large-file access such as OS imaging, database snapshots, and analytics dataset loading to improve system responsiveness.
3. The 54,000 K IOPS random read capability supports fast access to small-block data, helping virtualized workloads and read-heavy databases sustain lower wait times under concurrent user activity.
4. Rated at 1.5 DWPD, the drive is built for mixed-use enterprise environments that require consistent write endurance for logs, transactional workloads, and always-on business applications.
5. Using 3D TLC NAND, it balances enterprise-grade capacity, power efficiency, and cost, making it well suited for scaling mainstream data center storage without sacrificing reliability.

Capacity Sweet

Within this product family, the nearest lower capacity is 120GB and the nearest higher capacity is 480GB, both typically delivering broadly similar enterprise-class sequential throughput and random IOPS to the 240GB model. The 240GB version sits at the series sweet spot: compared with 120GB, it offers far better headroom for OS images, logs, patches, and moderate application growth; compared with 480GB, it preserves most of the practical performance profile while keeping acquisition cost and stranded capacity under tighter control. It is well suited for small virtualization clusters, edge nodes, or dense boot-drive pools for roughly 40 to 60 server instances.

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