General

Brand	Micron
Model	9550 PRO
Capacity	15360GB
Usage Class	Enterprise

Interface

Host Interface	PCIe Gen5 NVMe
Total Interface Bandwidth	32 Gb/s

Physical Dimension

Form Factor	U.2

Flash & Endurance

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

Performance

Sequential Read	14000 MB/s
Sequential Write	10000 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	3300000
Random Write IOPS	400000
Average Latency	60 μs

Reliability

Mean Time Between Failures	2.5 Million Hours
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate	1.0×10⁻¹⁷
Power Loss Protection	Yes

Engineer's Note

The MTFDLAL15T3THA-1BK1DABYYR 9550 PRO 15.36TB is purpose-built for latency-sensitive AI data pipelines, high-density virtualization, and scale-out analytics nodes that need Gen5 bandwidth, delivering up to 14,000/10,000 MB/s and 3.3M/400K IOPS from durable 3D TLC media. With 1 DWPD, 28,032 TBW endurance, and a large 15.36TB footprint, it is especially well suited for read-intensive mixed enterprise workloads where maximizing rack-level capacity and sustaining predictable QoS are more valuable than higher-cost write-optimized SSDs.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 28,032 TBW and 1 DWPD, this SSD is designed to sustain a full drive write per day across its warranty period, making it well suited for write-intensive enterprise workloads. In typical server or system-boot use, this level of endurance translates into many years of dependable operation and provides ample margin for long-term deployment with low wear-related risk. Its enterprise reliability profile is further strengthened by power-loss protection, which helps preserve in-flight data and metadata during an unexpected power interruption, reducing the risk of corruption or incomplete writes. An UBER of 1.0E-17, together with a 2.5 million-hour MTBF, indicates a very low probability of uncorrectable bit errors and supports the high data integrity and operational stability expected in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen5 NVMe architecture unlocks next-generation host bandwidth, helping dense enterprise servers remove storage bottlenecks in AI pipelines, real-time analytics, and scale-out databases.
2. Its class-leading sequential read performance accelerates large-block data movement, cutting dataset loading, backup restore, and media streaming wait times in throughput-heavy environments.
3. Extremely high random read capability enables faster response under heavily concurrent access, making it well suited for virtualization clusters, online transaction systems, and metadata-intensive workloads.
4. A 1 DWPD endurance profile provides a practical balance of write durability and acquisition cost for mainstream enterprise deployments with steady daily overwrite demands.
5. Built on 3D TLC NAND and supported by low typical latency, the drive delivers a strong mix of flash density, predictable QoS, and responsive application performance for business-critical infrastructure.

Capacity Sweet

Lower-capacity reference: 7.68TB Higher-capacity reference: 30.72TB In this SSD family, the 15.36TB model sits at a practical sweet spot. Compared with the 7.68TB version, it gives meaningfully more headroom for data growth, higher VM density, and longer refresh cycles without changing the expected enterprise performance profile. Compared with the 30.72TB option, it usually delivers a better balance of acquisition cost, usable capacity, and deployment efficiency while keeping similar sequential and random I/O behavior. It is well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, mixed OLTP databases, or a 4- to 6-node hyperconverged infrastructure deployment.

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