Micron 7400 SSD With NVMe and PCIe Gen4 for Data Centers

Micron Technology, Inc. announced availability of the 7400 SSD with NVMe, delivering form factor flexibility, PCIe Gen4 performance, and security to meet the storage needs of data center workloads.

With this portfolio, the company is providing a broad selection of mainstream data center SSDs available. ⁽¹⁾ Featuring 7 form factors, the 7400 SSD enables the transition to next-gen server architectures.

Data centers continue to evolve thanks to the growth of data and proliferation of applications that demand performance. The need to process, analyze and secure data that provides valuable insights is fueling the modernization of the data center, requiring new levels of storage.

“Our customers need improved storage density and efficiency to run their businesses,” said Jeremy Werner, corporate VP and GM, storage business unit. “The Micron 7400 SSD is flexible in its ability to address myriad applications and system interoperability requirements, enabling deployments and delivering value from edge to cloud.“

Broad SSD portfolio for data center
The expanded performance and widespread adoption of SSDs in data centers are driving a requirement for new, optimized form factors to meet data-centric workload needs. These form factors deliver fast, reliable and affordable data center storage across a range of use cases. The 7400 SSD includes a PCIe Gen4 M.2 22x80mm with power loss protection, as well as 2.5″ U.3 data center SSDs in both 15mm and 7mm thicknesses. ⁽²⁾

It also features 3 different sizes of the E1.S Enterprise and Data Center SSD Form Factor (EDSFF), enabling greater density, flash-optimized performance, and improved power and cooling options.⁽³⁾ This options means customers can move from traditional servers to dense EDSFF server designs with one SSD. Offering a capacity range from 400GB to 7.68TB, the portfolio supports low to high-capacity applications. ⁽⁴⁾ It also has endurance options for 1 and 3 drive writes per day to support read and write intensive applications. ⁽⁵⁾ The SSD leverages the vertical integration capabilities of the company to bring industry innovation, from controller to firmware and NAND and DRAM technology, to world-class front-end and back-end manufacturing.

PCIe Gen4 performance that scales
The 7400 SSD more than doubles IO/s per watt and throughput compared to the previous gen. ⁽⁶⁾ Backwards compatibility with PCIe Gen3 systems helps ease customer transition from Gen3 to Gen4 platforms. The drive offers support for 128 namespaces to increase scalability for virtualized environments like HCI and SDS. ⁽⁷⁾ It also supports Open Compute Project (OCP) deployments for qualified environments. ⁽⁸⁾ OCP developed and published specs that have built a thriving ecosystem, creating a standardized approach that helps reduce integration complexity and speeds time to market.

Security with hardware-driven performance
The 7400 SSD offers proven, standards-based features like TCG-Opal 2.01 and IEEE-1667, and new features for data protection in-flight and at-rest. These enhancements help address emerging needs as organizations increasingly seek out better solutions to secure data in both on-premises and cloud environments. The company developed the Secure Execution Environment (SEE) to isolate and process security transactions to extend protection vs. a constantly evolving set of threat models. SEE improves the security of data at rest through its use of dedicated memory, secure code and a security microprocessor.

“The Micron 7400 SSD offers wide appeal for deployments from edge to cloud,” said Patrick Moorhead, chief analyst, Moor Insights & Strategy. “Varied applications and workloads with unique requirements can benefit from the high performance and efficiency of new form factors as well as security features designed to protect vs. network and physical attacks.“

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Resources:
Micron7400 SSD With NVMe
WP: Three Reasons the Micron 7400 SSD Leads Data Center Infrastructure Transformation
WP:The Micron 7300 and 7400 SSDs With NVMe: Selecting the Right One for Your Needs

⁽¹⁾ Statement based on comparisons of widely available PCIe Data Center SSDs, capacity points, endurance values and form factors at the time of publication.
⁽²⁾ Statement based on comparison of publicly available competitive data sheets.
⁽³⁾ Statement based on comparison of publicly available competitive data sheets.
⁽⁴⁾ Unformatted. 1GB=one billion bytes. Formatted capacity is less.
⁽⁵⁾ Comparison based on rated TBW and SSD advertised capacity.
⁽⁶⁾ Comparison based on 7.68TB 7300 PRO U.2 and 7.68TB 7400 PRO U.3. IO/s/watt is for 4K random read. Other form factors and capacities may show different results.
⁽⁷⁾ Identify Controller Data Structure.
⁽⁸⁾ The Micron 7400 SSD complies with most, but not all, requirements of the Open Compute Project NVMe Cloud SSD spec 1.0a.