General

Brand	Micron
Model	7500 PRO
Capacity	7.68TB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe
Total Interface Bandwidth	16 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	U.3 15mm

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	232-layer 3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1
Total Bytes Written	14016 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	7000 MB/s
Sequential Write	5900 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	1100000
Random Write IOPS	215000
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 7500 PRO 7.68TB (MTFDKCC7T6TGP-1BK1JABYY) is purpose-built for latency-sensitive cloud, virtualization, and large-scale read-centric database workloads, combining PCIe Gen4 x4 throughput up to 7000/5900 MB/s with 1,100,000/215,000 IOPS to keep mixed enterprise workloads responsive at high queue depth. Compared with typical 1-DWPD Gen4 mainstream SSDs, its 232-layer 3D TLC NAND and 14,016 TBW endurance deliver a stronger balance of capacity density, sustained performance, and write life for dense servers where both predictable QoS and rack-level efficiency matter.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 14,016 TBW, this SSD can write about 14 petabytes of data over its service life, which is equivalent to 1 full drive write per day for a 7.68 TB drive. In typical server or system-disk use, where daily writes are usually far below that level, it provides ample headroom for many years of stable operation and can comfortably support long-term deployment. For enterprise reliability, built-in power loss protection helps preserve in-flight data and prevents metadata corruption if power is interrupted unexpectedly. Its UBER of 1.0E-17 means an extremely low probability of unrecoverable bit errors during reads, supporting high data integrity and dependable operation in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe interface, paired with class-leading sequential throughput, keeps GPU servers and analytics nodes continuously fed so large models, datasets, and checkpoints load with minimal wait time.
2. Its extremely strong random-read capability accelerates metadata lookups, VM boot storms, and high-concurrency database access, helping more users and workloads share the same storage tier without bottlenecks.
3. With enterprise-grade write endurance, this drive is well suited for mixed-use infrastructure such as virtualization, cloud platforms, and scale-out storage where predictable daily write volume matters more than burst-only performance.
4. Built on advanced 232-layer 3D TLC NAND, it balances density, power efficiency, and sustained reliability, making it a practical choice for data centers that need both performance consistency and cost control.
5. The very low typical latency improves QoS under transactional and real-time workloads, reducing tail-response delays that directly impact SLA compliance and application responsiveness.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 3.84TB Higher capacity reference: 15.36TB At 7.68TB, this SSD sits at the series sweet spot. Compared with the 3.84TB model, it gives much better capacity headroom for growth, reducing early drive saturation and lowering the need for frequent storage expansion. Compared with the 15.36TB version, it delivers a more balanced mix of acquisition cost, usable capacity, and enterprise-class performance, since sequential throughput and random IOPS remain broadly similar across the family. This makes 7.68TB especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, mixed database workloads, and dense hyperconverged infrastructure nodes.

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