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 purpose-built for write-intensive database logging, metadata journaling, and mixed-transaction virtualization tiers, combining 3 DWPD endurance with 8,760 TBW to sustain heavy daily writes without sacrificing PCIe Gen4 responsiveness. With up to 6,800/2,700 MB/s sequential performance and 800K/250K random IOPS from 3D TLC NAND, it delivers a strong balance of latency, endurance, and usable capacity for enterprise deployments that need MAX-class write durability in a mainstream U.2 NVMe footprint.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 8,760 TBW and 3 DWPD, the MTFDKCC1T6TFS-1BC1ZA is designed to support writing the full drive capacity three times per day over its rated service life, making it well suited for intensive enterprise workloads. In typical lighter-duty use such as OS, application, boot, and mixed read-heavy server storage, this level of endurance translates into many years of worry-free operation and is more than sufficient for long-term deployment. Its power-loss protection feature helps preserve in-flight data and protects metadata integrity during unexpected outages, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned recovery events. An UBER of 1.0E-17 means an extremely low uncorrectable bit error rate, which is a key enterprise-class reliability indicator for maintaining data integrity in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 NVMe architecture gives this drive the bandwidth headroom to accelerate virtualization, analytics, and AI server workloads by removing storage as a system bottleneck.
2. Its sequential read performance enables much faster movement of large datasets, reducing load times for databases, media pipelines, and backup recovery operations.
3. The high random read capability supports dense mixed-workload environments by sustaining responsive access to small-block data across heavily consolidated applications.
4. With enterprise-grade write endurance, it is well suited for write-intensive deployments such as transaction processing, logging, and cache tiers that demand predictable lifespan under constant daily rewrites.
5. Built with 3D TLC NAND and very low typical latency, the drive balances cost efficiency, dependable endurance, and consistently fast response times for latency-sensitive enterprise services.

Capacity Sweet

Same-series reference capacities for MPN MTFDKCC1T6TFS-1BC1ZA (1600GB): Lower capacity: 800GB Higher capacity: 3200GB Both adjacent capacities in this enterprise SSD family generally maintain very similar sequential read/write throughput and random IOPS characteristics to the 1600GB model, with only minor variation under specific endurance or firmware profiles. The 1600GB model sits in the sweet spot of the series. Compared with the 800GB version, it provides much better headroom for OS images, logs, container layers, and moderate data growth, reducing early capacity pressure. Compared with the 3200GB option, it delivers a more efficient balance of acquisition cost, usable capacity, and enterprise-class performance consistency. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for about 40 to 60 mixed-workload virtual machines.

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