Micron Launches 8TB SSD with 3D TLC NAND

Ashley Allen / 8 years ago

Micron has unveiled its new 5100 Series enterprise-level SSDs, which boast 3D TLC NAND, 74,000 random write IOPS, and up to 8TB of storage. The impressive 5100 Series is a huge step toward all-flash data centres, especially as SSDs become faster and more price-competitive versus HDDs, and its massive 74,000 IOPS trashes the standard set by industry leader Samsung and its SM863, which can only manage 27,835 IOPS.

5100 family specifications [PDF]:

5100 ECO

Form Factor: 2.5”, 7mm, M.2

Interface: SATA 6Gb/s

NAND: Micron 3D eTLC

Capacity

2.5”: 480GB, 960GB, 1920GB, 3840GB, 7680GB

M.2: 480GB, 960GB, 1920GB

Endurance

DWPD: <1

TBW: 0.45-8.4PB

MTTF: 2 M hours

Performance

Sequential read performance (128K): 540MB/s

Sequential write performance (128K): 380-520MB/s

4k random read performance: 93K IOPS

4k random write performance: 9-31K IOPS

Use cases: Read-sensitive cloud services and content-sharing applications

5100 PRO

Form Factor: 2.5”, 7mm, M.2

Interface: SATA 6Gb/s

NAND: Micron 3D eTLC

Capacity

2.5”: 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1920GB, 3840GB

M.2: 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1920GB

Endurance

DWPD: 1-3

TBW: 0.65-17.6PB

MTTF: 2 M hours

Performance

Sequential read performance (128K): 540MB/s

Sequential write performance (128K): 250-520MB/s

4k random read performance: 78-93K IOPS

4k random write performance: 26-43K IOPS

Use cases: Mixed use, latency-sensitive applications

5100 MAX

Form Factor: 2.5”, 7mm

Interface: SATA 6Gb/s

NAND: Micron 3D eTLC

Capacity: 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1920GB

Endurance

DWPD: 5

TBW: 2.2-17.6PB

MTTF: 2 M hours

Performance

Sequential read performance (128K): 540MB/s

Sequential write performance (128K): 310-520MB/s

4k random read performance: 93K IOPS

4k random write performance: 48-74K IOPS

Use cases: Data-intensive, high-volume applications