Micron is launching a range of SSDs suitable for data centers. All products are based on 176-Layer NAND chips, which is a first.
Micron’ s 7450 series is available, the company announced. According to Micron, the series is the answer to the unique needs of data center workloads.
With the series, the flash memory giant brings to the market the first SSDs built with 176-Layer NAND. Thus, the products feature 176 layers of storage cells.
The drives have capacities ranging from 400 GB to 15.36 TB. ‘Pro’ devices have more storage space, but only transfer information to a NAND flash memory chip once a day. ‘Max’ drives contain less storage space, which benefits the number of storage moments.
Furthermore, the new SSDs deliver up to 1 million random IOPS on higher-capacity drives, much higher than the average IOPS an SSD possesses. The SSDs are well suited for data center workloads. Micron promises latency of less than 2 milliseconds for 99.9999% of common workloads, for the 7450 SSD.
Currently, the 7450 series is in the hands of a selected group of customers. Micron will make the series generally available in April.