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10,000 RPM hard drives have all but disappeared from consumer markets, but they still have a place in the enterprise hardware world. However, Micron intends to make those drives obsolete with their new 5210 ION QLC SSDs. The company claims the new drives have "MSRPs similar on a $/GB basis to 2.4TB 10K HDDs," while massively outperforming them and using less energy. While they're happy to tout read and write figures and cite deep learning applications, Micron doesn't go into much detail about the drive's durability specifications. The product page does list performances figures for various wear levels over a "DWPD for 5 years," but it's pretty clear that durability will be a major drawback for these drives, as it has been for most QLC SSDs.
Compared to the largest 10K RPM HDDs available, the Micron 5210 ION delivers 175x faster random reads, 30x faster random writes, and 2x faster throughput.3 It’s also 3x more energy efficient, fueling a lower terabyte-to-terabyte total cost of ownership. Compared to 3.5-inch 7200 RPM HDDs, you can pack twice as many 2.5-inch Micron 5210 SSDs into a typical 2U rack to save on power, cooling, licenses, and floor space.4 How much are your racks costing you?
Compared to the largest 10K RPM HDDs available, the Micron 5210 ION delivers 175x faster random reads, 30x faster random writes, and 2x faster throughput.3 It’s also 3x more energy efficient, fueling a lower terabyte-to-terabyte total cost of ownership. Compared to 3.5-inch 7200 RPM HDDs, you can pack twice as many 2.5-inch Micron 5210 SSDs into a typical 2U rack to save on power, cooling, licenses, and floor space.4 How much are your racks costing you?