General

Brand	Micron
Model	7450 PRO
Capacity	15360GB
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	1
Total Bytes Written	29200 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	6800 MB/s
Sequential Write	5600 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	1000000
Random Write IOPS	180000
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 15.36TB is an excellent fit for dense virtualization clusters, scale-out storage, and read-centric cloud platforms that need to maximize usable capacity per U. With PCIe Gen4 performance up to 6800/5600 MB/s, 1M/180K IOPS, and 29.2PB TBW on 3D TLC NAND, it delivers a stronger balance of capacity, endurance, and predictable enterprise latency than typical 1-DWPD mainstream NVMe drives in the same class.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 29,200 TBW and 1 DWPD, the MTFDKCC15T3TFR-1BC1ZABYYR is designed to handle sustained daily write activity over its intended service life, making it a strong fit for write-intensive enterprise workloads. In typical server use, this level of endurance means it can comfortably serve as a system or application drive for many years without write wear being a practical concern. For enterprise reliability, the drive includes power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and protects metadata integrity during unexpected power interruptions. Its UBER of 1.0E-17, together with a 2 million hour MTBF, indicates a very low probability of unrecoverable bit errors and supports dependable long-term operation in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 NVMe architecture, paired with top-tier sequential read bandwidth, accelerates large dataset streaming and dramatically shortens backup, restore, and analytics job startup times in enterprise servers.
2. With up to 1,000,000K random read IOPS, the drive can sustain extremely dense transactional and virtualized workloads while keeping response times stable under heavy concurrency.
3. A 1 DWPD endurance rating gives enterprises the confidence to run write-active databases, logging, and mixed-use cloud workloads every day throughout the service life of the SSD.
4. Built on 3D TLC NAND, the drive delivers a strong balance of performance, capacity efficiency, and cost control for mainstream data center deployment at scale.
5. A typical latency of 80 µs helps reduce storage wait time, improving application responsiveness for real-time analytics, latency-sensitive VMs, and high-frequency data access patterns.

Capacity Sweet

Lower-capacity reference: 7680GB Higher-capacity reference: 30720GB Capacity positioning analysis: In this series, the 15360GB model sits at a clear sweet spot. Compared with the 7680GB version, it provides much stronger headroom for data growth, denser server consolidation, and longer refresh cycles without changing the expected enterprise performance profile. Compared with the 30720GB option, it delivers a more balanced mix of acquisition cost, usable capacity, and operational efficiency while keeping sequential and random performance broadly in line with the family. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, mixed database nodes, or shared storage pools serving around 150 to 250 business applications.

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