Benefits

Delivers best-of-breed performance

The Micron 6500 ION SSD offers better overall performance than the 30.72TB competitor’s QLC SSD — with 34% better read latency, 58% faster sequential writes, up to 62% more 4KB random read IOPS and over 30X more 4KB random write IOPS. This innovative SSD makes it easier to store and maintain the massive datasets that are typical in object stores, general purpose bulk cloud storage, all-flash arrays, capacity tiers, NoSQL databases, content delivery, and AI/ML data lakes.

Promotes a more sustainable data center

The Micron 6500 ION SSD helps lower operating costs relative to its competitor’s QLC SSD due to its 20% lower active power consumption, 56% better power efficiency (IOPS/Watt), and improved drive life enabled by its more than 10X better random write endurance. Its industry-leading storage density enables nearly 1-petabyte per rack unit (RU) and up to 35 PB per rack to reduce data center floor space and carbon footprint.

Eclipses QLC with superior value

The Micron 6500 ION SSD is the world’s first 200+ layer NAND data center NVMe SSD. With superior NAND to the competition’s sub-200-layer QLC SSD, it provides better endurance, performance, security and energy efficiency to deliver a superior value without the compromises that QLC SSD customers experienced in the past.

Featured resources

Accelerating Ceph object stores

This technical brief describes how the Micron 6500 ION SSDs provide meaningful object storage performance improvements in multiple workloads compared to the competitor’s QLC SSD.

Micron 6500 ION SSDs maximize WEKA scalability and performance

This technical brief demonstrates how the high-capacity Micron 6500 ION SSD can help address massive storage requirements and deliver WEKA workload results without the compromises that are typically found with the competitor’s QLC SSDs.

Cassandra NoSQL performance with the Micron 6500 ION SSD exceeds the competition

This technical brief underscores how the Micron 6500 ION SSD’s performance enables innovative NoSQL database design opportunities and performance exceeding that of 30.72TB QLC SSDs.

Micron 6500 ION and XTR SSDs boost SQL Server analytics

This technical brief confirms that the Micron XTR paired with the Micron 6500 ION SSD delivers similar SQL Server Analytics workload performance as an SCM SSD paired with the Micron 6500 ION SSD.

Micron® 6500 ION NVMe SSD

QLC value. TLC performance. Micron innovation.

The world’s first data center NVMe SSD with over 200 NAND layers is engineered to evolve data center economics.

Designed to keep pace with the accelerating growth of data, the Micron 6500 ION SSD provides a major advancement for data centers by lowering operating costs and improving storage efficiency. The Micron 6500 ION is a high-capacity SSD that offers a superior value over the competing QLCbased drive by providing best-in-class performance and enabling a more environmentally sustainable data center. 1 The Micron 6500 ION reduces upfront purchase costs by coming in at a comparable price point to the competing QLC SSD2 and lowers annual operating expenses by reducing power/cooling and server/software license costs through chassis consolidation. 3 It also reduce e-waste by delivering storage that lasts longer — all while outperforming and outlasting the competing QLC SSD and saturating 400 GbE networks with ease. 4 For data centers that need to affordably scale storage density, the Micron 6500 ION is the answer.

Micron 6500 ION 30.72TB SSD Available in U.3 (15mm) and E1.L (9.5mm)

MICRON 6500 ION: KEY BENEFITS

Faster reads, writes, fills, and rebuilds than the competing data center QLC SSD make it easier to store and maintain massive datasets. 

• 34% better average read latency 

• 58% faster sequential writes 

• Up to 62% more 4KB random read IOPS

• Over 30X more 4KB random write IOPS at a queue depth (QD) of 128 and over 10X more at QD1

• Ideal for artificial intelligence data lakes, object stores, general purpose bulk cloud storage, NoSQL databases, and content delivery

Lower operating costs than the competing QLC SSD via improved power efficiency and endurance. 

• Up to 20% reduction in power consumption

• Up to 56% better power efficiency (IOPS/watt)

• More than 10X better 4KB random write endurance (RDWPD)

• Nearly 1PB per U or 35PB per rack storage to reduce server sprawl

Better price-performance with industry-leading security that surpasses the competing QLC SSD.

• Leading die density enables sustainable affordability versus the competing QLC SSD

• Supply chain resiliency, including multiple SSD assembly and test sites, versus single assembly site for the competing QLC SSD

• The only 30.72TB TAA-compliant, value-focused NVMe SSD with FIPS 140-3 L2 certifiability

• Class-leading feature set, including OCP 2.0, NVMe 2.0 and NVMe-MI 1.2b, and SPDM 1.2 (attestation) 

Best-of-breed 30.72TB performance versus the competing QLC SSD

The Micron 6500 ION offers better overall performance, read latency, and workload performance. 

Promotes a more sustainable data center

Sustainable data centers thrive with low-power, space-efficient, ultra-dense servers and storage. Increased density and improved performance help reduce power and cooling requirements through server consolidation and the resultant carbon footprint reduction.

Eclipses competing QLC SSD with superior value

Value is the difference between what you pay and what you get. This involves multiple considerations, such as features, security, supply chain fidelity, and industry specification compliance. The Micron 6500 ION eclipses the competing 30.72TB QLC SSD in several areas.