### **Micron 7450 PRO 15.36 TB Solid State Drive – PCIe Gen4 NVMe**
The **Micron 7450 PRO 15.36 TB SSD** is a high-performance, read-intensive solid-state drive designed for data centers, cloud storage, and enterprise environments. This SSD is optimized for workloads requiring fast read speeds, high endurance, and reliability, providing ample capacity and robust performance for demanding storage applications.
### **Key Features & Specifications:**
– **Storage Capacity**: **15.36 TB** – With **15.36 TB** of storage, this drive offers ample space for data-heavy applications, enabling large-scale data storage needs like databases, media content, or virtualized environments.
– **Maximum Read Speed**: **6800 MB/s** – The drive supports **6800 MB/s** maximum read speeds, ensuring quick access to large datasets and significantly enhancing performance for read-heavy tasks such as caching, booting, and real-time data retrieval.
– **Maximum Write Speed**: **5600 MB/s** – Offering **5600 MB/s** maximum write speeds, the Micron 7450 PRO enables efficient data writing, supporting applications that require consistent and fast write performance.
– **Random 4KB Read IOPS**: **1,000,000 IOPS** – With **1 million IOPS** for random 4KB reads, the drive provides excellent responsiveness, especially for data-intensive and latency-sensitive workloads.
– **Random 4KB Write IOPS**: **250,000 IOPS** – Delivering **250,000 IOPS** for random 4KB writes, the Micron 7450 PRO is optimized for read-intensive tasks but still delivers solid performance for write-heavy environments.
– **Endurance (DWPD)**: **1 DWPD (Drive Writes Per Day)** – Supporting **1 DWPD**, this drive offers a solid endurance level for read-intensive workloads, making it ideal for applications where data is primarily read rather than written.
– **Endurance (TBW)**: **28,000 TBW (Terabytes Written)** – With **28,000 TBW**, this SSD provides high durability, ensuring longevity and reliability even in environments with substantial data churn.
– **Interface**: **U.3 PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4** – The **U.3 PCIe Gen4** interface enables faster data transfer and provides greater throughput, ideal for high-performance environments requiring efficient storage solutions.
– **Form Factor**: **2.5″ U.3** – The **2.5″ U.3 form factor** is widely used in enterprise storage systems, ensuring compatibility with servers and storage systems while offering flexibility in deployment.
– **Power Loss Protection**: The drive incorporates **power-loss protection**, ensuring data integrity during unexpected power outages by protecting in-flight data from loss.
– **Security Features**: Includes **Micron’s Secure Execution Environment**, **self-encrypting drives (SEDs)**, and **Microsoft eDrive** support, providing enhanced data protection and compliance with security standards.
– **TAA Compliance**: The Micron 7450 PRO is **TAA Compliant**, making it suitable for U.S. Federal Government procurement, ensuring regulatory compliance.
– **Warranty**: **5-Year Limited Warranty** – Micron provides a **5-year warranty**, ensuring long-term reliability and peace of mind for enterprise users.
### **Key Benefits:**
1. **Fast and Reliable Performance**: With read speeds of up to **6800 MB/s** and a write speed of **5600 MB/s**, the Micron 7450 PRO is perfect for applications requiring fast data access and transfer, such as cloud infrastructure, large-scale databases, and media streaming.
2. **High Endurance for Read-Intensive Workloads**: Offering **1 DWPD** and **28,000 TBW**, this SSD is designed for environments where read operations dominate, providing ample durability for long-term use in read-intensive workloads like caching and data retrieval.
3. **Industry-Leading NAND Technology**: Built on **176-layer NAND technology** combined with **PCIe Gen4**, this SSD provides superior performance, speed, and efficiency, ensuring that your data infrastructure can handle the most demanding tasks.
4. **Low Latency for Mission-Critical Applications**: With **sub-2ms QoS latency**, the Micron 7450 PRO excels in low-latency, high-performance applications, such as **SQL databases**, **NoSQL databases**, and real-time analytics.
5. **Flexible Deployment Options**: The **U.3 PCIe Gen4 interface** supports a wide range of deployment scenarios and is backward compatible with **U.2**, making it highly flexible and compatible with various server and storage systems.
6. **Enhanced Data Security**: The drive features a **Secure Execution Environment** and **self-encrypting capabilities**, offering a high level of data protection and making it suitable for sensitive or regulated environments.
7. **Wide Range of Capacities and Form Factors**: Available in capacities ranging from **400GB to 15.36TB**, and with several form factors (U.3, M.2, E1.S), the **7450 PRO** can be deployed across various environments, offering flexibility for data centers, hyperscale, and OEMs.
### **Use Cases:**
– **Cloud and Hyperscale Deployments**: Ideal for cloud storage systems, large-scale data centers, and hyperscale applications that require fast read speeds and reliable storage for heavy workloads.
– **Virtualization**: Supports virtualized environments with high IOPS and low latency, ensuring smooth performance for virtual machines and virtual storage systems.
– **Database and Transactional Systems**: Perfect for **SQL** and **NoSQL databases**, delivering fast access to data and improving application responsiveness for business-critical systems.
– **Media & Entertainment**: Suitable for applications like **media streaming**, **video editing**, and **rendering**, where high-capacity, high-speed storage is essential for processing large media files.
### **Conclusion:**
The **Micron 7450 PRO 15.36 TB SSD** is a high-performance, highly reliable storage solution designed for read-intensive workloads in data center, cloud, and enterprise environments. With its advanced NAND technology, fast read/write speeds, and robust endurance, it ensures superior performance and data integrity. Whether you’re building a cloud infrastructure, running virtualized workloads, or managing large-scale databases, the **7450 PRO** is the perfect choice for your storage needs.
