General

Brand	Micron
Model	7450 MAX
Capacity	800GB
Usage Class	Mixed Use

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe Gen4 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	3
Total Bytes Written	4380 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	5500 MB/s
Sequential Write	1100 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	500000
Random Write IOPS	125000
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 MAX 800GB (MTFDKBA800TFC-1AZ1ZABDA) is purpose-built for high-write infrastructure tiers such as database logs, metadata/journaling, and virtualization cache, where its 3 DWPD endurance and 4,380 TBW provide materially longer service life than typical read-centric Gen4 SSDs in the same capacity class. With 176-layer 3D TLC NAND, PCIe Gen4 NVMe connectivity, and up to 500,000/125,000 random read/write IOPS, it delivers a stronger balance of endurance, latency stability, and small-block transactional performance than lower-endurance mainstream enterprise drives.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 4,380 TBW and 3 DWPD, the MTFDKBA800TFC-1AZ1ZABDA is designed for sustained write-intensive use, allowing the full drive capacity to be rewritten three times per day across its rated service life. In typical operating system, boot, and general enterprise application workloads, this level of endurance is far beyond normal write demand, providing strong headroom for many years of reliable operation. Its enterprise-grade reliability is further strengthened by power loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and prevents metadata corruption if power is interrupted unexpectedly. An UBER of 1.0E-17 means an extremely low uncorrectable bit error rate, supporting high data integrity and dependable performance in business-critical storage environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 NVMe interface, paired with strong sequential read bandwidth, keeps data pipelines saturated so analytics clusters, virtualization hosts, and content platforms spend less time waiting on storage.
2. With 5.5 GB/s-class sequential read performance, this drive accelerates large-file access such as checkpoint loading, backup restores, and media streaming at enterprise scale.
3. Its 500K random-read capability helps databases, metadata services, and high-concurrency VM environments respond faster under heavy mixed-workload pressure.
4. A 3 DWPD endurance rating makes it suitable for write-intensive enterprise roles like logging, caching, and OLTP systems where sustained daily overwrite tolerance is critical.
5. Built on 176-layer 3D TLC NAND with ~80 µs typical latency, it balances density, consistency, and fast response time for latency-sensitive cloud and edge deployments.

Capacity Sweet

Reference capacities in the same family: Lower capacity: 400GB Higher capacity: 1.6TB In this series, the 800GB model sits at the sweet spot for mainstream enterprise deployment. Compared with the 400GB version, it offers much better headroom for OS images, application growth, logs, and overprovisioning, reducing capacity pressure without changing the expected enterprise-class read/write or IOPS profile. Compared with the 1.6TB option, it delivers a more balanced cost-per-drive while preserving nearly the same practical performance envelope. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and utility volumes for about 40 to 60 mixed-workload virtual machines.

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