General

Brand	Micron
Model	7450 MAX
Capacity	1600GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

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

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	U.3 15mm

Flash & Endurance

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

Performance

Sequential Read	6800 MB/s
Sequential Write	2700 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	800000
Random Write IOPS	250000
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 1600GB is a strong fit for OLTP database hot-data tiers, metadata/journal volumes, and virtualization clusters that need fast access latency with sustained mixed-use endurance, combining PCIe Gen4 performance up to 6800/2700 MB/s and 800K/250K IOPS with 3 DWPD and 8760 TBW. Compared with typical 1.6TB Gen4 3D TLC SSDs in the same class, it delivers a rarer balance of high random-read throughput and enterprise write endurance, making it a more dependable choice for cache, log, and mixed-read/write infrastructure workloads.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 8,760 TBW and 3 DWPD, the MTFDKCB1T6TFS-1BC15ABYYR is built for sustained write-intensive operation over its service life. In typical enterprise or infrastructure workloads, this level of endurance means it can comfortably serve as a system or application drive for many years, including long-term 24/7 deployment with substantial daily data writes. For reliability, the drive includes power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and protects metadata integrity if power is interrupted unexpectedly. Its enterprise-class UBER of 1.0E-17, together with a 2 million hour MTBF, indicates a very low probability of uncorrectable bit errors and supports dependable operation in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 NVMe interface gives this drive the bandwidth and low-overhead command path needed to keep virtualization clusters, database nodes, and scale-out storage servers from being bottlenecked by legacy SAS or SATA links.
2. Its high sequential read performance accelerates large-block data movement, reducing wait time for analytics scans, backup restores, media processing, and AI dataset loading in enterprise platforms.
3. Strong random read capability enables fast response under highly concurrent small-block workloads, making it well suited for OLTP databases, metadata-heavy file systems, and read-intensive cloud applications.
4. A 3 DWPD endurance rating supports sustained daily overwrites throughout the warranty period, giving enterprises the write resilience required for logging, caching, mixed-workload virtualization, and other duty-cycle-heavy deployments.
5. Built with 3D TLC NAND and typical latency around 80 µs, the drive balances enterprise-grade capacity economics with consistently quick access times, helping data centers scale performance without moving to higher-cost media tiers.

Capacity Sweet

For MPN MTFDKCB1T6TFS-1BC15ABYYR (1600GB), the nearest lower capacity in the same family is 800GB, and the next higher capacity is 3200GB. These options typically deliver broadly similar enterprise SSD sequential read/write behavior and random IOPS, with capacity being the main differentiator. At 1600GB, this model sits at the sweet spot of the lineup. Compared with the 800GB version, it offers much better headroom for OS images, logs, hot data, and growth without changing the platform profile. Compared with the 3200GB option, it preserves nearly the same enterprise performance characteristics while keeping acquisition cost and per-node storage budgeting under tighter control. It is a strong fit for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and primary workload volumes for around 35 to 50 mixed business application VMs.

FAQ