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The SATA SSD Is Not Dead. Your Boot Drives, Edge Servers, and Read-Heavy Arrays Still Depend on It.
Every data center has servers where NVMe is overkill and SATA is exactly right. Boot drives. Edge servers with two drive bays. Read-heavy arrays where 550 MB/s per drive is enough and 7,000 MB/s is money wasted. The Micron 5400 PRO 7.68TB is a SATA 6Gb/s enterprise SSD built on Micron 176-layer 3D TLC NAND — the same NAND generation as their PCIe 4.0 drives — in a SATA form factor that works in every server, every backplane, and every RAID controller made in the last 15 years. It is the drive you deploy when universal compatibility and cost per terabyte matter more than peak throughput.
Spécifications techniques
| Paramètre | spécification |
|---|---|
| Capacité | 7.68TB (also: 480Go, 960Go, 1.92TB, 3.84TB) |
| Facteur de forme | 2.5-pouce SFF (7millimètre) |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s (AHCI) |
| NAND Type | Micron 176-layer 3D TLC (Replacement Gate architecture) |
| Lecture séquentielle (128K) | Jusqu'à 540 Mo/s |
| Écriture séquentielle (128K) | Jusqu'à 520 Mo/s |
| Lecture aléatoire (4K, QD256) | Up to 95K IOPS |
| Écriture aléatoire (4K, QD256) | Up to 38K IOPS |
| Latence (4K Random Read, QD1) | ~120 microseconds |
| Latence (4K Random Write, QD1) | ~40 microseconds |
| Endurance | 1.5 DWPD (5 years), 21,024 TBW (7.68TB model) |
| MTBF | 3,000,000 heures |
| Pouvoir (Idle / Avg Active / Max) | 1.5O / 3.5O / 4.5O |
| Power Loss Protection | Capacitor-backed, full write cache protection |
| End-to-End Data Protection | Full data path protection, T10 DIF |
| Sécurité | TCG Opal 2.0, AES-256, SED, instant secure erase |
| Write Amplification | Optimized for read-heavy workloads (lowest WAF in its class) |
| Physical | 100.45 X 69.85 X 7.00 millimètre |
| Température | 0C to 70C |
| garantie | 5-year limited (fabricant) |
SATA vs NVMe in 2026 — The Deployment Decision
| Scenario | Disque SSD SATA (5400 PRO) | NVME SSD (7450 PRO) | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESXi boot volume (2x 480GB RAID 1) | $180 total. 540 Mo/s. Boots ESXi in 45 seconds. | $220 total. 3,500 Mo/s. Boots ESXi in 20 seconds. | SATA (boot speed difference is negligible for always-on servers) |
| Read-heavy CDN cache (8x 7.68TB) | $3,200 total. 540 MB/s per drive. 4.3 GB/s aggregate. | $6,000 total. 7,000 MB/s per drive. 56 GB/s aggregate. | SATA (if 4.3 GB/s meets the bandwidth need; NVMe if not) |
| General-purpose database data volume | Insufficient. 38K write IOPS at QD256 limits OLTP throughput. | 200K+ write IOPS at QD256. NVMe is required for OLTP. | NVMe (always for OLTP databases) |
| Edge server with 2 baies de lecteur | 2x 7.68TB SATA = 15.3TB mirrored. Works with any SATA controller. | Requires NVMe-capable backplane. Not all edge servers support U.2. | SATA (universal compatibility wins at the edge) |
SATA Endurance: 1.5 DWPD at 7.68TB
Le 5400 PRO is rated at 1.5 DWPD — higher than the typical 1 DWPD read-intensive NVMe SSD. At 7.68TB, 1.5 DWPD means 11.5 TB of writes per day, every day, for five years. For boot drives that write less than 50 GB per day, endurance is effectively infinite. For SATA-based application servers handling moderate write workloads, 1.5 DWPD provides more endurance headroom than most SATA deployments will ever consume.
Compatible Platforms
SATA 6Gb/s, compatible with any server with 2.5-inch SATA bays. Dell PowerEdge R650/R660/R750/R760/R770, xFusion V7, Lenovo ThinkSystem. Works with any PERC RAID controller in SATA mode, onboard SATA controllers, and AHCI HBAs. The 7mm z-height fits both standard (15millimètre) and slim (7millimètre) baies de lecteur.
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Factory-direct pricing on the full 5400 PRO range. 3-an de garantie, expédition mondiale.
