Micron 9200 ECO 8 TB SSD U.2 PCIe 3.0 NVMe 008NM3 08NM3

The Micron 9200 ECO 8 TB is a read-intensive enterprise-grade solid-state drive, introduced in October 2016. Designed in a 2.5″ U.2 form factor, it delivers high capacity, low latency, and strong endurance for demanding data center environments.

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Capacity & Form Factor

• Total capacity: 8 TB (8192 GB)

• Form factor: 2.5″ U.2 (15 mm)

• Interface: PCIe 3.0 x4 with NVMe 1.3 protocol

Performance

• Sequential read: up to 3.15 GB/s (reports of up to 3.35 GB/s)

• Sequential write: around 2.30 GB/s (reports up to 2.4 GB/s)

• Random read: ~740,000 to 840,000 IOPS

• Random write: ~135,000 IOPS (ranges from 95,000 to 140,000 IOPS depending on configuration)

Endurance & Reliability

• Total bytes written (TBW): approximately 11.7 PB (11,700 TBW)

• Drive writes per day (DWPD): ~0.8

• Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF): ~2 million hours

• Warranty: 5 years

Architecture & Features

• Controller: Microchip (Flashtech) PM8607 NVMe Belmar, 32-core, with DRAM cache

• NAND: 32-layer 3D TLC from Micron

• Features include:

  • Flex Capacity (tunable capacity/performance)

  • End-to-end data path protection

  • Power loss protection

  • Secure signed firmware

  • Enterprise-grade SSD management tools

Power & Cooling

• Idle power: ~5 W

• Average usage: ~17 W

• Peak power: ~25 W

Ideal Use Cases

Engineered for read-heavy enterprise workloads such as OLTP databases, big data analytics, virtualization, and archival storage. Its high endurance, robust data protection, and NVMe speeds make it suitable for data center and cloud environments requiring reliable, large-scale read performance.