Data Center SSD
Micron 6500 ION NVMe SSD
30.72 TB TLC capacity drive for AI data lakes and object storage
Micron · U.3 · Image: micron.com
High-capacity Gen4 SSD delivering 30.72 TB of TLC NAND at near-QLC economics for capacity-tier storage.
- Interface
- PCIe 4.0
- Form factor
- U.3
- Capacities
- 30.72 TB
In the Solid State Drives portfolio
The 6500 ION targets the capacity tier: 30.72 TB of 232-layer TLC NAND in a single U.3 drive, priced to compete with QLC-based alternatives while retaining TLC write endurance and full-drive write performance without large SLC-cache cliffs.
Primary deployments are AI data lakes, object storage, content delivery, and Ceph-style scale-out clusters where drives are measured in cost per terabyte and watts per terabyte. Power-loss protection and enterprise telemetry are standard.
Verified specification
Figures as published by Micron. Availability and firmware options are confirmed at quotation.
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4 |
|---|---|
| Form Factor | U.3 (2.5-inch) |
| Capacity | 30.72 TB |
| Sequential Read | Up to 6,800 MB/s |
| Sequential Write | Up to 5,000 MB/s |
| Random Read | Up to 1,000K IOPS |
| NAND Type | Micron 232-layer 3D TLC |
| Endurance | 0.3 DWPD |
| MTBF | 2.5M hours |
