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.

Details about the extent of our regulation by the Financial Conduct Authority are available from us on request. Redundant Array of Independent NAND: Protect your data at the component level with an SSD that automatically provides parity protection for your data. This high-end feature works similarly to how RAID is used with multiple hard drives and maintains the integrity of your data, especially for intense users. I understand that now Samsung has most of these features in their products, but I can't simply go away from a brand that I trust and have been working with their products for years now with success. The SSDs have been working perfectly, they feel pretty fast too, I love them. They still report 100% life, can't explain that. I'm a satisfied customer and can recommend crucial/micron for workstations.To make sure these drives perform at their maximum performance, we will be disabling all the power saving features in the BIOS (C6-state, etc). The testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 10 64-bit with the latest windows updates installed. We disabled a bunch of unnecessary services such as drive indexing, Prefetch, Superfetch, Defrag and removed all the bloatware from Windows 10 to make sure there were as few processes running as possible during the testing. Finally, as we look at bandwidth across our four configurations, we find the leaders all top out around 4GB/s. This is pretty good since if you look at this in terms of shared file storage (or scratch space with RAID0) you could easily saturate a 10Gb or 25Gb LAN connection. Write performance on both HW and SW RAID0 configurations came in around 3.2GB/s, while HW RAID5 dropped to 2GB/s. Software RAID5 took the biggest read and write hit, coming in at under 1GB/s read and 272MB/s write. Again in standard deviation latency in our 4K profile, things are pretty calm across the board, where RAID5 software RAID is the standout. Parity data performance is an area where hardware RAID has had a massive benefit, so if you want to get the most out of your SATA or SAS flash, opting for that hardware RAID card would be a good option. TRIM support, Error Correction Code (ECC), Adaptive Thermal Protection, Redundant Array of Independent NAND, Multistep Data Integrity Algorithm, RAIN technology, Active Garbage Collection, dynamic write acceleration, Device Sleep support, power loss immunity, S.M.A.R.T. the 4TB model can handle up to 1000TB (TBW) which equals to about 520GB writes per day. Crucial MX500 Series

Solid-state drives can be a cost-effective alternative to replacing older servers. While going all Gen4 NVMe might drive some incredible performance, in many environments budgets just don’t exist for that kind of overhaul. While NVMe is taking over, SATA still can provide value. A typical 7200 RPM HDD can deliver read/write speeds of between 80 to 160MB/s compared to SATA SSDs delivering read/write speeds of 200 to 550MB/s. That is a massive performance boost for an aging system. Crucial MX500 4TB May Fit the Bill Our Enterprise Synthetic Workload Analysis includes four profiles based on real-world tasks. These profiles have been developed to make it easier to compare to our past benchmarks as well as widely-published values such as max 4k read and write speed and 8k 70/30, which is commonly used for enterprise drives. We must admit that we are surprised that the MX500 4TB is being called a MX500… and not a MX600. Typically, when a ‘series’ gets a new controller with (slightly) better performance specifications… it gets a new model name. That however did not happen when Crucial refreshed the 1TB (fairly) recently so it is not that surprising. With that said when a Solid State Drive not only gets a new controller, new amount of RAM, but also new NAND… well… call us crazy but we expect it to get a new model. The testing was done on a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (21H1) with all the windows updates and latest drivers installed.Crucial does have the upper hand in price but that's about it. Samsung's 870 EVO SSDs offer much higher write endurance than the MX500 SSDs. In this test, we are using IOMeter which is one of the best application for stress testing the random IO performance of an SSD. IOMeter is set to use 4KB file size chunks and will stress the SSD with random 4 KB files. Since November 2018 the SSD comparison charts have been divided to 2.5” and M.2 models to reduce their growing size. Many people have made inquiries about the charts in the past so once again please do keep in mind that the Charts have the average performance numbers of each drive recorded and not the peak (highest) ones. Also, although every single one of these programs can help potential buyers choose the right drive for their needs you should also remember that from any kind of benchmark up to real world usage the gap is not small (and usually most differences will go unnoticed by most people). All tests were performed in a fresh Windows 10 Pro x64 installation with every update installed up to the date of this review.

Needing additional storage space is an issue that many people will find themselves running into eventually, particularly if you're a heavy PC user and are often creating, saving, and transferring files. Whether it be games or work-related documents, having larger storage capacity is something worth investing into and sales like the one available right now are arguably the best times to make that call. Also, I like that Crucial includes a 7mm to 9.5mm adapter with their MX500 SSDs for installations that require a 9.5mm drive height. I don't have a 4TB Samsung 870 EVO drive on me but I do have the 2TB model which is what I will use in my benchmark below.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.

Just like with past models the enclosure is held in place with tiny screws so it's very easy to access the interior. Turning the PCB around we find the Silicon Motion SM2259 quad-channel controller, 512MB DDR3L SDRAM module by Micron and two more 3D TLC NAND flash modules again by Micron. Save massive amounts of photos, music, and videos comfortably and securely. With fast access to media, creations, and designs, you’re ready to share at the speed of your life. 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. The Crucial MX500 with 4 TB is visually as well as technically very reminiscent of the models already released in 2017 or their new edition. Crucial promises sequential transfer speeds of up to 560 MB/s read or 510 MB/s write and relies on the Silicon Motion SM2259H controller, a 3D TLC NAND from its own production as well as a 512 MB DRAM cache for this. The warranty period is up to 5 years, which is limited as usual for SSDs and ends here after one written petabyte, if this time comes earlier.

MX500 2.5: Price UK

What I like about the MX500 SSDs is the price. The MX500 SSDs have always been much cheaper than the competition while offering great performance. 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. We are looking at up to 1,200TB (TBW) for the 870 EVO 2TB and 2,400TB (TBW) for the 4TB model versus 700TB (TBW) for the MX500 2TB and 1000TB (TBW) for the 4TB model. Features Momentum Cache is not restricted by SATA bus throughput limitations but instead it uses additional DRAM bandwidth to achieve increased burst performance. Test Methodology Test Setup Our cutting-edge components are engineered from start to finish for efficiency. As a result, the Crucial MX500 uses only a minimal amount of power and still delivers a high price-to-performance ratio — without needing a financing plan to pay for it. Experience a faster, cooler, and quieter computer in your home or business. You’ll wonder how you ever put up with a hard drive.