General

Brand	Micron
Model	7300 MAX
Capacity	6.4TB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe
Total Interface Bandwidth	31.5 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	2.5" 7mm U.2

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	3
Total Bytes Written	35040 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	3000 MB/s
Sequential Write	1900 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	520000
Random Write IOPS	160000
Average Latency	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 6.4TB is purpose-built for write-intensive, latency-sensitive workloads such as OLTP databases, metadata-heavy virtualization clusters, and high-ingest analytics nodes, combining 3 DWPD endurance with 35,040TB TBW in a dense PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe form factor. Compared with mainstream read-centric TLC SSDs in the same generation, it delivers a stronger balance of sustained write durability and predictable mixed-workload performance, with up to 3,000/1,900 MB/s sequential throughput and 520K/160K IOPS to keep heavily transacted environments responsive over a longer service life.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 35,040 TBW and 3 DWPD, this 6.4TB SSD is built for sustained write-intensive enterprise use rather than light-duty operation. In practical terms, under typical server or storage workloads, it can reliably handle full-drive writes every day across its service life, making it a strong choice for demanding system, cache, or application storage deployments. For enterprise reliability, the drive includes power-loss protection, which helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during unexpected power interruptions and reduces the risk of corruption. Its UBER of 1.0E-17 indicates an exceptionally low uncorrectable bit error rate, supporting high data integrity for business-critical environments where read accuracy and predictable operation are essential.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe architecture provides a low-overhead, high-bandwidth data path that helps enterprise servers respond faster to storage requests and keeps virtualized workloads from being bottlenecked by legacy SAS or SATA links.
2. Its sequential read performance accelerates large-block data movement, making it well suited for analytics clusters, media pipelines, and backup platforms that need faster dataset scans and shorter job completion windows.
3. The strong random read capability enables high-concurrency access with consistently quick response times, which is especially valuable for databases, cloud instances, and metadata-heavy applications serving many users at once.
4. A 3 DWPD endurance rating supports sustained write-intensive operation across the drive’s warranty life, giving enterprises confidence for logging, caching, OLTP, and mixed-use environments where daily overwrite levels are substantial.
5. Built with 3D TLC NAND, the drive balances enterprise-grade capacity, performance, and cost efficiency, making it a practical choice for scaling flash deployment without sacrificing reliability for mainstream data center workloads.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 3.2TB Higher capacity reference: 12.8TB The 6.4TB model sits at the sweet spot of this enterprise SSD family. Compared with the 3.2TB option, it gives meaningfully more headroom for data growth, overprovisioning flexibility, and denser consolidation without changing the expected enterprise-class sequential throughput or random IOPS profile. Compared with the 12.8TB version, it delivers a more balanced acquisition cost, lower stranded capacity risk, and easier budget scaling while preserving nearly the same practical performance behavior. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for roughly 60 to 90 mixed-workload virtual machines.

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