General

Brand	Micron
Model	7500 PRO
Capacity	15360GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

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

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	U.3

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1
Total Bytes Written	28032 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	7000 MB/s
Sequential Write	5900 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	1100000
Random Write IOPS	250000
Average Latency	15 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 7500 PRO 15.36TB (MTFDKCC15T3TGP-1BK1JABYYR) is purpose-built for read-intensive cloud infrastructure, virtualized database clusters, and high-density analytics nodes that need maximum flash capacity per U. With PCIe Gen4 performance up to 7000/5900 MB/s and 1.1M/250K IOPS, plus 3D TLC endurance rated at 1 DWPD and 28,032 TBW, it delivers an excellent balance of capacity, predictable latency, and lifecycle durability for large-scale enterprise deployment.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 28,032 TBW, the MTFDKCC15T3TGP-1BK1JABYYR is designed to absorb a very large amount of host writes over its service life, making it far beyond the needs of typical OS, boot, and general application drive workloads. In practical terms, for system-disk use or read-heavy enterprise deployments, this level of endurance supports long-term, worry-free operation with substantial write headroom. For enterprise reliability, built-in power-loss protection helps preserve in-flight data and protect metadata integrity if power is interrupted unexpectedly, reducing the risk of corruption or incomplete writes. Its UBER of 1.0E-18 indicates an extremely low probability of uncorrectable bit errors, while the 2 million hour MTBF further reinforces that this SSD is engineered for dependable data center operation.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 NVMe interface gives this drive the bandwidth and parallelism needed to keep modern virtualization, database, and analytics platforms fed without becoming a storage bottleneck.
2. With sequential read performance of 7000 MB/s, it can accelerate large dataset ingestion, VM boot storms, and backup restore jobs where fast bulk access directly improves service recovery time.
3. Delivering 1,100,000K random read IOPS with a typical latency of 15 µs, it is well suited for high-concurrency OLTP, metadata-heavy workloads, and real-time applications that depend on consistently fast response under load.
4. Rated for 1 DWPD, the drive offers enterprise-ready write endurance for mixed-use deployments that need predictable lifespan and lower replacement risk across continuous daily operations.
5. Built on 3D TLC NAND, it balances performance, capacity efficiency, and cost control, making it a practical choice for scaling business-critical infrastructure without sacrificing reliability.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity: 7680GB Higher capacity: 30720GB In this SSD family, 15360GB sits at the practical sweet spot. Compared with 7680GB, it gives materially better headroom for dataset growth, VM density, and overprovisioning flexibility, reducing the need for early drive replacement or aggressive capacity planning. Compared with 30720GB, it usually delivers a more attractive cost-per-deployment while avoiding unnecessary capacity concentration in a single device, helping balance resilience, rebuild exposure, and budget efficiency. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as shared storage pools supporting around 150 to 250 mixed enterprise virtual desktops or application instances.

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