Crucial MX500 4TB 3D NAND SATA 2.5 Inch Internal SSD - Up To 560MB/s - CT4000MX500SSD1

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Previously, the MX500 series maxed out at 2TB capacity but recently Crucial expanded its MX500 family of SSDs with a 4TB capacity which is awesome. Crucial's MX500 4TB model comes in a 2.5-inch form-factor and continues to rely on Micron's 3D TLC NAND memory, reports HardwareLuxx. Just like lower-capacity SKUs, the 4TB SSD is rated for up to 560 MB/s sequential read speed, up to 510 MB/s sequential write speed as well as up to 90,000 random read/write IOPS. It is unclear whether the Crucial MX500 4TB drive still relies on Silicon Motion's SM2258 controller, but it is quite likely since switching a controller in a family that is four years old does not make a lot of sense (unless it saves quite a lot of money). used to perform an analysis of the drive for problems with the intent of anticipating hardware failures.

StorageReview installed eight Crucial MX500 4TB SSDs in a Dell PowerEdge R740xd looking at RAID0 and RAID5 across the SSDs leveraging hardware RAID as well as Windows Storage Spaces. The Crucial MX500 will eventually come in four capacities and two form factors, but only the 1TB model will be available at launch. The 2TB model will only ship in the 2.5" form factor while the 250GB, 500GB, and 1TB models will come in both 2.5" and single-sided M.2 2280. When you are inside the Storage Executive software, make sure to enable the Momentum Cache feature to instantly improve burst performance. The warranty period could be an issue for a lot of us. Crucial is coming with 2 years more of warranty which is a good thing to consider while buying your SSD.

A lot of system integrators and SMBs on a budget still prefer to use hard drives. HDDs are pretty reliable, have high capacity, and have a low cost per TB. Hard drives have been around for years but have not kept up with the advancements in computing power when it comes to performance.

Another reason to go for the MX500 is its 5-year warranty period as compared to the 3-Years of the Samsung 870 QVO.Most SSDs utilize SLC Write Cache to boost write performance which is normally a fixed SLC cache size

All four capacities feature the same performance specifications. The MX500's 560/512 MB/s of sequential read/write throughput is common for high-performance SATA SSDs. Random performance peaks at 95,000/90,000 read/write IOPS. Crucial lists the write performance as "up to," but that's also common in this era where advanced caching technology increases TLC NAND's performance with an SLC buffer. Features As you are now aware of the performance and durability of both SSDs, it is time to compare them in terms of their prices. The endurance of SSDs is fairly difficult to determine practically. The usage and environment heavily impact an SSD’s life. Nonetheless, these are the figures that are furnished by the companies. Parameter Crucial's Data Write Acceleration (DWA) feature uses an SLC buffer to boost the performance of the TLC SSD. Most SDDs utilize some type of SLC buffer, which is a designated portion of the NAND that runs in SLC mode (one bit per cell) to increase performance. The secret sauce changes from one company to the next, but the underlying algorithms are closely guarded. Most SSDs have a fixed SLC capacity, but Crucial's dynamic buffer shrinks or grows depending on the condition of the drive and the amount of data stored on the flash.When it comes to small business and home lab IT decisions, sometimes thinking outside the box helps to create cost-effective and high-performance solutions. Crucial just released the new 4TB capacity of the long-standing MX500 SATA SSD, which may just be a perfect price and performance mix for a low-cost all-flash storage setup. We installed eight of these SSDs in one of our Dell EMC R740xd servers and measured performance using hardware RAID and Windows Storage Spaces. This equals to about 98GB daily writes for the 500GB model and 197GB for the 1TB model for 5 years. JP” is attached at the end of the parts number of official Japanese distributed products shipped after April 2017. Crucial's MX500 SSDs make use of the Silicon Motion SM2258 controller which comes with support for Opal/TCG encryption which you can use to The MX500 is clearly equipped with better tech and that’s the reason it is much more reliable and suitable for hardcore tasks. The controller is much better with the 870 QVO to handle those heavy wear-leveling and management tasks in the QLC NAND. On the other hand, the MX500 is perfectly find with a single core controller because of its TLC NAND. 4. Endurance, MTBF, and Warranty