Micron recently announced sampling the world's first data center solid-state drive (SSD) based on 176-layer vertically integrated NAND technology.

This new data center SSD uses Micron's NAND technology to enable ultra-efficient designs, including 176 layers of memory cells and CMOS-under-the-array technology. The 7450 SSD integrates Micron's own DRAM, internally developed SoC system-on-chip and related firmware, which can quickly respond to market customer needs and support stronger device security features.

Under normal, mixed, random workloads, the 7450 SSD achieves up to 99.9999% QoS with 2ms latency or less, improving the performance of multiple databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, RocksDB, Cassandra and Aerospike Wait. Compared to SATA SSDs, this product offers nearly 50% lower latency and up to 12x higher read bandwidth.

The 7450 SSD provides a variety of storage capacities for application needs at different levels of the data center. It offers capacities ranging from 400GB to 15.36TB, including an industry-leading 8TB compact E1.S form factor. In addition, this data center SSD is available in a wide range of form factor options to address the unique challenges faced by data center workloads. For example, U.3, M.2, and E1.S are available in three form factors to meet changing space, power consumption and cooling needs; U.3 form factor PCIe 4.0 SSDs are available in 15mm and 7mm thicknesses for 2.5-inch NVMe The platform of the hard disk is flexibly selected; the 2280 M.2 specification PCIe 4.0 SSD is mainly used for server startup, with a compact shape and supports power-off protection.

At the same time, the 7450 SSD provides security for the data center. Publicly available data shows that organizations that use high encryption standards for data at rest and in motion have an average data breach cost of 29.4% lower last year compared to organizations that use low encryption standards or no encryption. Micron SSDs offer self-encrypting drive capabilities and Microsoft eDrive options to prevent data breaches, and security features can be tailored to the specific needs of data protection. Micron's Secure Execution Environment (SEE) provides additional data protection through dedicated secure processing hardware with physical isolation. SEE uses dedicated memory, secure code, and a secure processing engine to greatly improve the security of data at rest.

In addition, the Micron 7450 SSD supports Open Compute Project (OCP) deployments in qualified environments. The OCP specification builds a thriving ecosystem and creates a standardized approach to reduce integration complexity, resulting in faster time-to-market.

It is reported that the Micron 7450 SSD has been unanimously recognized by customers, and is currently being verified by many ultra-large Internet companies, data center customers and large original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). It will be available to customers through resellers starting in April.