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	M.2 2280

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	175 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 MTFDDAV960TDS is purpose-built for read-intensive virtualization, boot, and mixed business application workloads in SATA-constrained servers, combining 960GB of 3D TLC capacity with 1.5 DWPD endurance and 2,628 TBW for materially stronger write tolerance than typical entry enterprise SATA SSDs. With up to 540/520 MB/s sequential performance and 95,000/30,000 random IOPS, it delivers a well-balanced upgrade path for data centers that need enterprise reliability and sustained QoS without moving to a higher-cost NVMe tier.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 2628 TBW, the MTFDDAV960TDS can sustain approximately 2.6 petabytes of total host writes, which is more than sufficient for typical OS, boot, application, and mixed read/write enterprise workloads over a long service life. In practical terms, its 1.5 DWPD rating means the 960GB drive is designed to handle about 1.44TB of writes per day, making it a dependable choice for use cases such as system drives that can operate for many years under normal conditions. For enterprise reliability, built-in power-loss protection (PLP) helps preserve in-flight data and protects metadata integrity during unexpected power interruptions, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned recovery events. Its UBER rating of 1.0E-17 indicates an extremely low probability of uncorrectable bit errors, and together with the 3 million hour MTBF, it supports the high data integrity and operational stability expected in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The SATA 6Gb/s interface makes this drive a drop-in fit for mainstream enterprise servers and storage arrays, enabling cost-efficient upgrades without changing existing backplane or controller infrastructure.
2. Its 540 MB/s sequential read performance accelerates boot storms, VM image loading, and large-file retrieval, helping applications come online faster in read-heavy environments.
3. With 95,000 random read IOPS, the drive can sustain responsive performance for virtualized workloads, metadata access, and high-concurrency database queries.
4. Rated at 1.5 DWPD, it is built to handle steady daily overwrite activity, making it a dependable choice for mixed-use enterprise workloads that require predictable endurance over time.
5. Built on 3D TLC NAND with a typical latency of 175 µs, the drive balances capacity, efficiency, and consistent responsiveness for business-critical applications that need solid QoS at scale.

Capacity Sweet

For MPN MTFDDAV960TDS (960GB), the nearest lower capacity in the same enterprise SSD series is typically 480GB, and the nearest higher capacity is 1.92TB. Performance for sequential read/write and random IOPS is generally comparable across these capacities under normal enterprise positioning. The 960GB model sits at the sweet spot of the lineup. Compared with the 480GB version, it offers much better headroom for OS images, application growth, logs, and snapshot retention. Compared with the 1.92TB option, it usually delivers a more efficient balance of acquisition cost, usable capacity, and steady enterprise performance. It is well suited for mid-sized virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and middleware volumes for roughly 40 to 60 business application instances.

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