General

Brand	Micron
Model	7450 PRO
Capacity	3840GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

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

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	E1.S 15mm

Flash & Endurance

NAND Flash	3D TLC
Drive Writes Per Day	1
Total Bytes Written	7300 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	6800 MB/s
Sequential Write	5000 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 MTFDKCE3T8TFR-1BC15ABYYR is best suited for read-intensive to mixed enterprise workloads such as virtualization clusters, scale-out web infrastructure, and CDN edge nodes, where its 3.84TB 3D TLC design balances usable density with 1 DWPD endurance and 7,300 TBW for predictable long-life deployment. With up to 6,800/5,000 MB/s sequential throughput and 1,000,000/180,000 IOPS, it delivers a strong step up in application responsiveness and consolidation efficiency over typical mainstream Gen4 SSDs in the same class.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 7,300 TBW and 1 DWPD, this SSD is designed to handle writing its full capacity once per day throughout its rated service life, which is more than sufficient for typical enterprise system-boot, OS, application, and mixed read/write workloads. In practical terms, under normal server or workstation usage, it can be deployed as a reliable system drive for many years without endurance becoming a concern. For enterprise reliability, built-in Power Loss Protection (PLP) helps preserve in-flight data and protect metadata integrity during unexpected power interruptions, reducing the risk of corruption and unplanned recovery events. Its UBER of 1.0E-17, together with a 2 million hour MTBF, indicates a very low probability of unrecoverable bit errors and strong long-term operational stability expected from data center-class storage.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen4 NVMe interface provides the bandwidth and parallel command handling needed to keep virtualized databases and analytics clusters fed without storage becoming the bottleneck.
2. With sequential read performance up to 6800 MB/s, this drive accelerates large-block workloads such as checkpoint recovery, media streaming, and rapid dataset loading for AI pipelines.
3. Delivering 1,000,000 K IOPS in random reads, it is well suited for latency-sensitive enterprise applications like OLTP, metadata-heavy storage, and high-concurrency cloud services.
4. Built on 3D TLC flash and rated for 1 DWPD, it offers a balanced enterprise profile that supports sustained daily write activity while maintaining cost-efficient capacity deployment.
5. A typical latency of 80 µs helps reduce response-time jitter, improving transaction consistency and QoS in demanding multi-tenant server environments.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 1920GB Higher capacity reference: 7680GB In this SSD family, the 3840GB model sits at the sweet spot for mainstream enterprise deployment. Compared with the 1920GB version, it gives much better headroom for data growth, VM density, and overprovisioning flexibility without changing the expected enterprise-class read/write and random IOPS profile. Compared with the 7680GB option, it delivers a more balanced cost-per-drive while avoiding unnecessary capacity overspend in performance-focused clusters. It is especially well suited for medium-scale virtualization, such as supporting around 40 to 60 mixed-workload virtual machines or a compact hyperconverged node.

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