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
The ECO, PRO, and MAX 5100 Series models are priced at around $0.55/GB to $0.45/GB, $0.65/GB to $0.55/GB, and $0.75/GB to $0.65/GB, respectively.
