Micron's PCIe Gen 5 SSD with 60TB of capacity

Micron recently announced the release of its latest SSD, which will be mainly used for data centers. It is claimed to be the first PCIe Gen 5 SSD with 60TB of capacity.

Improved Performance and Energy Efficiency for Data Centers

This model will have higher power efficiency and significant performance, which will be a big plus for data centers.

The new SSD is based on the already released 6500 ION. Micron's ION model uses 20W and its speed is maxed out at 12GB/s. The SSD has significant improvements in terms of power efficiency. The use of the PCIe Gen 5 interface contributes to improved performance during workloads.

The company announced the following improvements:

• High random read performance (80% better than competitors) and high read IOPS (99%).
• High read throughput (179%) and sequential read throughput (179%).
• High write throughput (231%) and sequential read throughput (150%).

The 6550 ION will be available in the following formats E1.L, E3.S and U.2. The E3.S in a 1U rack will have 44.2 petabytes of data, and this will have a significant impact on storage density. Moreover, Micron promises that the SSD will last longer percentage-wise by 42% than other 60TB SSDs.

According to the pricing, the company has not announced the price list yet.

The company has also recently introduced new PCIe Gen 6-based drives with sequential read speeds that are 2 times faster than other models.