Micron has launched its Micron 9550-series SSDs, which it claims are the quickest enterprise drives within the business. The Micron 9550 Pro and 9550 Max SSDs with a PCIe 5.Zero x4 interface promise unbeatable efficiency amid enhanced endurance and energy effectivity, which shall be notably helpful for knowledge facilitiesMicron’s 9550-series solid-state drives are primarily based on a proprietary NVMe 2.0b controller with a PCIe Gen5 x4 interface and 232-layer 3D TLC NAND reminiscence. The drives shall be accessible in capacities starting from 3.2 TB to 30.72 TB with one or three drive writes per day endurance in addition to U.2, E1.S, and E3.S kind components to cater to the necessities of various kinds of servers.
As far as efficiency is worried, the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD boasts spectacular metrics, together with as much as sustainable 14.Zero GB/s sequential learn speeds and 10.Zero GB/s sequential write speeds, which is greater in comparison with the height efficiency supplied by Samsung’s PM1743 SSDs. For random operations, it achieves 3,300 million IOPS in random reads and 0.9 million IOPS in random writes, once more surpassing competitor choices.
Micron says that energy effectivity is one other standout characteristic of its Micron 9550 SSD: It consumes as much as 81% much less SSD vitality per terabyte transferred with NVIDIA Magnum IO GPUDirect Storage and as much as 35% decrease SSD energy utilization in MLPerf benchmarks in comparison with rivals. Considering that we’re coping with a declare by the producer itself, the numbers ought to be taken with warning.
| Micron 9550 NVMe Enterprise SSDs | |||||
| 9550 PRO | 9550 MAX | ||||
| Form Factor | U.2, E1.S, and E3.S | U.2, E1.S | |||
| Interface | PCIe 5.Zero x4 NVMe 2.0b | ||||
| Capacities | 3.84 TB 7.68 TB 15.36 TB 30.72 TB |
3.2 TB 6.four TB 12.eight TB 25.6 TB |
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| NAND | Micron 232L 3D TLC | ||||
| Sequential Read | as much as 14,000 MBps | ||||
| Sequential Write | as much as 10,000 MBps | ||||
| Random Read (four KB) | as much as 3.3M IOPS | ||||
| Random Write (four KB) | as much as 900Ok IOPS | ||||
| Power | Operating | Read: as much as 18W Write: as much as 16W |
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| Idle | ? W | ? W | |||
| Write Endurance | 1 DWPD | Three DWPD | |||
| Warranty | 5 12 months” | ||||
“The Micron 9550 SSD represents a large leap ahead for knowledge heart storage, delivering a staggering 3.Three million IOPS whereas consuming as much as 43% much less energy than comparable SSDs in AI workloads corresponding to GNN and LLM coaching”, stated Alvaro Toledo, vice chairman and normal supervisor of Micron’s’s Data Center Storage group. “This unparalleled efficiency, mixed with distinctive energy effectivity, establishes a brand new benchmark for AI storage options and demonstrates Micron’s unwavering dedication to spearheading the AI revolution.”
Micron historically provides its high-end knowledge heart SSDs in numerous flavors: the Micron 9550 Pro drives for read-intensive purposes are set to be accessible in 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 15.36 TB, and 30.72 TB capacities with one drive writes per day (DWPD) endurance ranking, whereas the Micron 9550 Max for mixed-use are set to be accessible in 3.2 TB, 6.four TB, 12.eight TB, and 25.6 TB capacities with three DWPD endurance ranking. All drives adjust to the OCP 2.Zero r21 requirements and OCP 2.5 telemetry. They additionally characteristic SPDM 1.2 and FIPS 140-Three safety, safe execution atmosphere, and self-encrypting drive choices.
Micron has not touched upon the pricing of the brand new drives because it is determined by volumes and different components.
