Micron 3500 Enterprise SSD (Expected) - 3.84TB

Brand: Micron | Category: Enterprise SSDs

SKU: MTFDKCD3T8TFS-2BC1ZABYY | Part #: MTFDKCD3T8TFS-2BC1ZABYY | MPN: MTFDKCD3T8TFS-2BC1ZABYY

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The Micron 3500 Enterprise SSD in 3.84TB capacity arrives as a U.2 form factor drive—the standard 15mm-height hot-swap module that installs directly into the dedicated NVMe bays found across modern enterprise server platforms. If your data centre infrastructure includes Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant, or Lenovo ThinkSystem servers built around 2018 or later, the MTFDKCD3T8TFS-2BC1ZABYY will slot into the backplane connector (SFF-8639) without requiring RAID controllers or PCIe slot adapters. This physical design matters because it means your storage architect can hot-swap capacity without powering down adjacent hardware, and your sysadmin team can manage drives using standard NVMe Management Interface tools rather than proprietary firmware.

Performance emerges where you need it most in high-transaction workloads. The Micron 3500 delivers up to 6,600 MB/s on sequential reads and 4,000 MB/s on writes—figures that matter when you're migrating databases or streaming telemetry from AI training clusters. The truly decisive metric here is random I/O: up to 1,000,000 read IOPS and 200,000 write IOPS. That ratio reflects what Micron engineered into the 176-layer TLC NAND architecture—this drive favors read-heavy workloads, which aligns perfectly with transactional databases, log aggregation systems, and inference nodes that read model weights repeatedly. For a storage architect evaluating platform consolidation, those IOPS numbers mean you can retire smaller arrays and concentrate throughput on fewer, larger-capacity drives, reducing your physical footprint and power budget.

The MTFDKCD3T8TFS-2BC1ZABYY is built for environments where data loss or unauthorized access carries real cost. Micron integrated capacitor-backed power loss protection directly on the controller, ensuring that in-flight writes complete even if mains power fails without warning. End-to-end data path protection guards against silent corruption—critical in financial services, healthcare compliance scenarios, and research labs where a single bit flip in a dataset can invalidate weeks of computation. Security arrives as AES-256 self-encrypting drive capability with TCG Opal 2.0 support; this means your infrastructure team can enforce encryption at the hardware layer without imposing a CPU tax on your hypervisor or application servers. If you need to retire a drive or respond to a data breach, sanitize operations support both cryptographic erase and block erase, allowing you to securely wipe the Micron 3500 in minutes rather than hours of full-drive overwrite passes.

Enterprise deployment context matters when choosing between commodity NVMe and purpose-built storage. The Micron 3500 targets the middle tier—organizations that have moved beyond SATA but don't require the extreme write endurance or extreme form factors of high-end PCIe cards. Your network engineer managing mixed workloads (databases plus analytics plus caching layers) will find this drive balances cost-per-gigabyte with sufficient I/O headroom. The operating temperature range of 0°C to 70°C positions it in standard data-centre climate zones; you won't need specialist cooling infrastructure. Because the drive measures just 69.85 mm by 26.11 mm with a 15mm profile, density remains practical—you can populate multiple bays in a single server without thermal conflicts or physical interference with adjacent components.

Omnixon Global maintains inventory and logistics partnerships across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and broader Asia-Pacific, positioning the Micron 3500 Enterprise SSD within reach of GCC data centres on predictable lead times. If you're evaluating this capacity and form factor for production deployment, we invite you to request a quote through our enterprise channel, including volume pricing and technical validation support specific to your server platform.

Enterprise NVMe Specifications & Interface Details

• U.2 (SFF-8639) form factor, 15mm height—direct installation into enterprise server backplanes without adapters
• PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe interface delivering up to 6,600 MB/s sequential read and 4,000 MB/s sequential write throughput
• 1,000,000 random read IOPS and 200,000 random write IOPS on 176-layer Micron TLC NAND for transactional and read-heavy workloads
• Capacitor-backed power loss protection and end-to-end data path protection prevent corruption and data loss during unexpected shutdown events
• Hardware-level AES-256 encryption with TCG Opal 2.0 compliance; cryptographic and block erase sanitize modes for secure drive retirement
• NVMe Management Interface (NVMe-MI) support enables remote monitoring and lifecycle management via industry-standard tools
• Operating range 0°C to 70°C suitable for standard data-centre environments; dimensions 69.85 × 26.11 × 15.0 mm allow high-density population