General

Brand	Micron
Model	7300 MAX
Capacity	1600GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe Gen3 NVMe
Total Interface Bandwidth	8 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5" 7mm

Flash & Endurance

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

Performance

Sequential Read	3000 MB/s
Sequential Write	1600 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	396000
Random Write IOPS	100000
Average Latency	25 μs

Reliability

Mean Time Between Failures	2 Million Hours
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate	1.0×10⁻¹⁷
Power Loss Protection	Yes

Engineer's Note

The Micron 7300 MAX 1.6TB is purpose-built for write-intensive enterprise workloads such as database logging, metadata/journaling tiers, and mixed-read-write virtualization, combining 3 DWPD endurance with 8,760 TBW in a compact PCIe Gen3 NVMe platform. Compared with typical same-class TLC SSDs, it stands out by pairing sustained enterprise endurance with up to 396K/100K random read/write IOPS and 3000/1600 MB/s throughput, making it a stronger fit where latency consistency and drive longevity matter more than peak capacity.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 8,760 TBW and 3 DWPD, this 1.6TB SSD is designed to sustain very heavy daily write workloads throughout its service life. In practical terms, for typical enterprise system-boot, virtualization, edge computing, or mixed-use storage scenarios, it provides long-term write headroom and can operate as a dependable system drive for many years without endurance concerns. This drive also includes power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during unexpected power interruptions, reducing the risk of corruption and unclean shutdown issues. Combined with an enterprise-class UBER of 1.0E-17 and a 2 million hour MTBF, it delivers a very low probability of unrecoverable bit errors and strong overall reliability for business-critical deployments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen3 NVMe interface removes legacy SATA/SAS bottlenecks, enabling this drive to keep virtualized servers and scale-out storage nodes fed with consistently high host bandwidth.
2. With sequential read performance of 3000 MB/s, the SSD accelerates large-block workloads such as database backup restores, media streaming caches, and analytics dataset loading.
3. Random read performance of 396,000 K IOPS translates into faster response for transaction-heavy applications, helping VMs, OLTP databases, and metadata services sustain high concurrency.
4. Rated for 3 DWPD, the drive is built for write-intensive enterprise use, giving operators the endurance headroom needed for logging, caching, and mixed-workload infrastructure over its service life.
5. Built on 3D TLC NAND and paired with a typical latency of 25 µs, the SSD balances cost-efficient capacity with the low access delay required for latency-sensitive cloud and enterprise applications.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 800GB Higher capacity reference: 3200GB In this enterprise SSD family, the 1600GB model sits at a practical sweet spot. Compared with the 800GB version, it gives much better capacity headroom for VM growth, log expansion, overprovisioning, and application updates without changing the platform footprint, while keeping sequential and random performance broadly in line with the series. Compared with the 3200GB option, it usually delivers a more efficient cost-to-usable-capacity balance, avoiding overbuying where write intensity and workload concurrency do not require a larger drive set. It is well suited for medium-scale virtualization clusters, database nodes, or 40–60 mixed business application instances.

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