General

Brand	Micron
Model	7450 MAX
Capacity	800GB
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	4380 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	5500 MB/s
Sequential Write	1500 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	530000
Random Write IOPS	170000
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 800GB (MTFDKCC800TFS-1BC15ABYY) is engineered for write-intensive cache tiers, metadata/journaling volumes, and edge database logs, pairing 3 DWPD endurance with 4,380 TBW in a compact PCIe Gen4 NVMe platform. Compared with mainstream read-centric SSDs in the same class, it delivers a stronger endurance-to-capacity profile while still sustaining up to 5,500/1,500 MB/s and 530K/170K IOPS, making it a precise fit where steady mixed I/O and long service life matter more than raw capacity.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 4,380 TBW and 3 DWPD, the MTFDKCC800TFS-1BC15ABYY is built for sustained write-intensive use and can comfortably handle typical enterprise system-drive and mixed-workload scenarios over many years. In practical terms, for OS, application, logging, and general server boot/storage duties, this level of endurance provides ample headroom for long-term operation without endurance being a day-to-day concern. This SSD also includes power-loss protection (PLP), which helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during an unexpected power interruption, reducing the risk of corruption and improving operational resilience. Its enterprise-class UBER of 1.0E-17, together with a 2 million hour MTBF, indicates an extremely low probability of uncorrectable bit errors and supports dependable data integrity in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 NVMe architecture gives this drive the bandwidth and low-overhead command path needed to accelerate virtualization clusters, analytics platforms, and latency-sensitive cloud workloads.
2. Its sequential read performance enables much faster movement of large datasets, helping reduce application startup delays, backup windows, and data lake scan times in enterprise environments.
3. Strong random read capability supports dense mixed-workload deployments by improving VM responsiveness, speeding up metadata access, and sustaining high transaction concurrency.
4. The endurance profile is built for write-intensive enterprise use, allowing frequent full-drive rewrites in databases, logging systems, and cache tiers without quickly consuming drive life.
5. With 3D TLC NAND and typical latency in the tens of microseconds, the drive balances flash efficiency, capacity economics, and consistently quick response for mainstream data center applications.

Capacity Sweet

For the Micron MTFDKCC800TFS-1BC15ABYY 800GB enterprise SSD, the closest lower-capacity option in the same family is typically 400GB, while the next higher-capacity option is 1.6TB. In this series, sequential read/write performance and random IOPS are generally very close across these capacities, following normal enterprise SSD behavior. At 800GB, this model sits in the series sweet spot. Compared with 400GB, it offers much better headroom for OS images, logs, metadata, and workload growth. Compared with 1.6TB, it keeps acquisition cost and $/usable deployment tighter while maintaining near-identical enterprise performance. It is especially well suited for small-to-mid virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for about 35 to 50 mixed-workload virtual machines.

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