General

Brand	Micron
Model	9550 PRO
Capacity	7680GB
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	14016 TBW

Performance

Sequential Read	14000 MB/s
Sequential Write	10000 MB/s
Random Read IOPS	3300000
Random Write IOPS	380000
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 MTFDLAL7T6THA-1BK1DABYYR 9550 PRO 7.68TB is purpose-built for latency-sensitive AI data pipelines, scale-out databases, and high-density virtualization clusters that need PCIe Gen5 throughput up to 14,000/10,000 MB/s with 3.3M random-read IOPS to keep GPUs and CPUs fed at queue depth. With durable 3D TLC NAND rated for 1 DWPD and 14,016 TBW, it delivers a strong balance of endurance, capacity, and deterministic performance for read-heavy mixed workloads where enterprise reliability matters more than peak write-centric tuning.

Endurance & Reliability

With an endurance rating of 14,016 TBW, this SSD is designed to absorb an exceptionally large amount of data writes over its service life, making it more than sufficient for typical enterprise workloads such as OS boot, application hosting, virtualization, and read-heavy database use. In practical terms, for a system drive or general-purpose server deployment, this level of endurance supports long-term operation with a very wide write margin, giving buyers confidence that normal daily use will remain well within the drive’s designed limits for many years. Its enterprise reliability is further strengthened by power-loss protection, which helps preserve in-flight data and protects metadata integrity if power is interrupted unexpectedly. The specified UBER of 1.0E-17 indicates an extremely low probability of uncorrectable bit errors, supporting high data integrity and dependable operation in business-critical environments.

Technical Specs & Insights

1. The PCIe Gen5 NVMe architecture gives this drive the bandwidth headroom to keep GPU clusters, real-time analytics nodes, and high-density virtualization platforms fed without creating a storage bottleneck.
2. With 14000 MB/s sequential read performance, it can dramatically shorten dataset staging, checkpoint loading, and large-file scan times in AI, HPC, and data lake environments.
3. Its 3,300,000 K IOPS random read capability is built for latency-sensitive databases and high-concurrency cloud workloads that need fast access to massive volumes of small blocks.
4. Rated at 1 DWPD, it offers a balanced endurance profile for mainstream enterprise deployments where predictable daily write capacity and long service life matter more than extreme write-heavy tuning.
5. Using 3D TLC NAND with a typical latency of 60 µs, the drive combines cost-efficient flash density with consistently quick response times for transactional systems and mixed-workload servers.

Capacity Sweet

Lower capacity reference: 3840GB Higher capacity reference: 15360GB Capacity positioning analysis: Within this SSD family, the 7680GB model sits at the practical sweet spot. Compared with the 3840GB version, it gives substantially more headroom for dataset growth, VM density, and overprovisioning flexibility without changing the familiar enterprise-class sequential throughput and random IOPS profile. Compared with the 15360GB model, it usually delivers a better balance of acquisition cost, usable capacity, and performance consistency per drive, making fleet planning easier. It is especially well suited for mid-scale virtualization clusters, such as hosting boot and application volumes for roughly 60 to 90 mixed-workload virtual machines.

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