General

Brand	Micron
Model	7450 PRO
Capacity	480GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe
Total Interface Bandwidth	16 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	M.2 2280

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	176-layer 3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1
Total Bytes Written	800 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	5000 MB/s
Sequential Write	700 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	280000
Random Write IOPS	40000
Average Latency	80 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 7450 PRO 480GB (MTFDKBA480TFR-1BC4DABYY) is best suited for read-centric server boot, virtualization boot-image, and edge-content caching workloads, where its PCIe Gen4 x4 interface delivers up to 5000 MB/s sequential read and 280,000 random read IOPS with enterprise-grade 1 DWPD endurance. Compared with typical entry-capacity enterprise NVMe drives in the same class, its combination of 176-layer 3D TLC NAND and 800 TBW makes it a stronger choice when you need low-latency read performance and predictable lifespan in a compact 480GB footprint.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 800 TBW and 1 DWPD, the MTFDKBA480TFR-1BC4DABYY is built to handle sustained daily write activity over its service life, making it a solid fit for typical enterprise system, boot, and mixed-read workloads. In practical terms, for common OS and application drive usage, this level of endurance provides ample margin for long-term deployment and can comfortably support many years of normal operation without endurance becoming a concern. On the reliability side, built-in power-loss protection (PLP) helps preserve in-flight data and protects mapping tables during unexpected power interruptions, reducing the risk of corruption and improving operational resilience. Its UBER of 1.0E-17 indicates an enterprise-class low unrecoverable bit error rate, giving procurement teams added confidence in data integrity for business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe architecture gives this drive the bandwidth headroom to keep virtualized databases, analytics nodes, and GPU servers fed without the storage bus becoming a bottleneck.
2. Its strong sequential read capability speeds up large-block workloads such as checkpoint loading, backup restore, media processing, and big-data scan operations.
3. The high random read performance helps latency-sensitive applications like OLTP, metadata-heavy virtualization, and cloud platforms serve far more small requests in parallel.
4. With enterprise-grade write endurance designed for one full drive rewrite per day, it fits mixed-use environments that need predictable lifespan under steady daily ingestion and update cycles.
5. The very low typical response time improves tail-latency behavior, helping transactional systems and real-time services return data more consistently during busy periods.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 240GB Higher capacity reference: 960GB In this SSD family, the 480GB model sits at the sweet spot for mainstream enterprise deployments. Compared with the 240GB version, it gives much better headroom for OS images, application growth, logs, and overprovisioning, reducing early capacity pressure. Compared with the 960GB option, it preserves nearly the same class of sequential and random performance while delivering a more efficient cost-per-node and easier fleet standardization. It is best suited for mid-scale virtualization, such as providing boot and utility storage for about 40 to 60 general-purpose virtualized server instances.

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