Micron 6500 Ion Data Center SSD
Micron Technology, Inc.
Micron 6500 Ion Data Center SSD
Micron Technology, Inc.
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Improving climate change and AI
starts in an unexpected place: on
the servers that store AI’s massive
data lakes. By delivering increased
performance while consuming
20% less power than other
value-oriented 30TB drives on
the market, the Micron 6500 ION
Data Center SSD solves the world’s
hidden power problem: scaling AI in
the data center.
The average data lake that fuels AI
is typically 30-100 terabytes in size,
which must be fed to/from different
components within a server to train
the dataset. Until the Micron 6500
ION Data Center SSD arrived, all
competing 30TB QLC (quad-level
cell) solid-state drives designed for
GPU feeding consumed more power
and delivered slower performance.
The world’s top data centers have
now adopted the Micron 6500 ION
Data Center SSD because it uses
20% less power (20W vs 25W) to
outperform all other 30TB QLC SSDs
by at least 25% in key AI storage
metrics.
In the typical full-scale data center
with 100,000 servers and 12 drives
per server, saving 5W per drive
means saving up to 6,000 Kilowatt
hours, or the equivalent of 1.1 million
mature trees reducing carbon
emissions, making the Micron 6500
ION Data Center SSD the leading
new data center technology to
combat global climate change while
scaling AI capabilities.
Highlights
- Best-in-class performance: the Micron 6500 ION Data Center SSD offers up to 25% faster AI storage speeds in key spec parameters versus previous competing products; thus, moving high volumes of data faster within a server to enable faster training cycle completion times.
- Best-in-class sustainability: uses 20% less power to outperform competing 30TB QLC SSDs (20W vs 25W) and uses 50% less power to deliver comparable performance to competing products for data center flexibility (12W vs 25W).
- Better value than previous 30TB QLC SSDs: world-leading storage cell technology that enables more performance per Watt for leading energy efficiency.
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Back to Hall of Fame
Improving climate change and AI
starts in an unexpected place: on
the servers that store AI’s massive
data lakes. By delivering increased
performance while consuming
20% less power than other
value-oriented 30TB drives on
the market, the Micron 6500 ION
Data Center SSD solves the world’s
hidden power problem: scaling AI in
the data center.
The average data lake that fuels AI
is typically 30-100 terabytes in size,
which must be fed to/from different
components within a server to train
the dataset. Until the Micron 6500
ION Data Center SSD arrived, all
competing 30TB QLC (quad-level
cell) solid-state drives designed for
GPU feeding consumed more power
and delivered slower performance.
The world’s top data centers have
now adopted the Micron 6500 ION
Data Center SSD because it uses
20% less power (20W vs 25W) to
outperform all other 30TB QLC SSDs
by at least 25% in key AI storage
metrics.
In the typical full-scale data center
with 100,000 servers and 12 drives
per server, saving 5W per drive
means saving up to 6,000 Kilowatt
hours, or the equivalent of 1.1 million
mature trees reducing carbon
emissions, making the Micron 6500
ION Data Center SSD the leading
new data center technology to
combat global climate change while
scaling AI capabilities.
Highlights
- Best-in-class performance: the Micron 6500 ION Data Center SSD offers up to 25% faster AI storage speeds in key spec parameters versus previous competing products; thus, moving high volumes of data faster within a server to enable faster training cycle completion times.
- Best-in-class sustainability: uses 20% less power to outperform competing 30TB QLC SSDs (20W vs 25W) and uses 50% less power to deliver comparable performance to competing products for data center flexibility (12W vs 25W).
- Better value than previous 30TB QLC SSDs: world-leading storage cell technology that enables more performance per Watt for leading energy efficiency.