Micron 6500 ION NVMe SSD, U.3 PCIe 4.0
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Micron 6500 ION NVMe SSD

30.72 TB TLC capacity drive for AI data lakes and object storage

MicronMass Production30 TB Class
Interface
PCIe 4.0
Form factor
U.3
Capacities
30.72 TB

Overview

High-capacity Gen4 SSD delivering 30.72 TB of TLC NAND at near-QLC economics for capacity-tier storage.

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.

Specifications

Specifications

Specifications for Micron 6500 ION NVMe SSD
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4
Form FactorU.3 (2.5-inch)
Capacity30.72 TB
Sequential ReadUp to 6,800 MB/s
Sequential WriteUp to 5,000 MB/s
Random ReadUp to 1,000K IOPS
NAND TypeMicron 232-layer 3D TLC
Endurance0.3 DWPD
MTBF2.5M hours

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