Micron 6600 Ion 245TB SSD
Shares rank 2 of 3 solid-state drives by recommenders
Recommended for its very high capacity in a small footprint, letting one 1U server hold a petabyte in four drives. Critics point to slow write performance.
Recommended for its very high capacity in a small footprint, letting one 1U server hold a petabyte in four drives. Critics point to slow write performance.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 60%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
High capacity in a small footprint
“With this you have 1PB in 4 drives, fitting in a 1u rack, which is just incredible.”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Industry-Leading 245TB Micron 6600 Ion Data Center SSD Now Shipping” “A 245TB SSD completely changes the density math for database nodes.”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Industry-Leading 245TB Micron 6600 Ion Data Center SSD Now Shipping”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slow write and IOPS performance
“almost meaningless since the drive takes roughly that long to write at full speed”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Industry-Leading 245TB Micron 6600 Ion Data Center SSD Now Shipping” “This thing has slower IOPS than an old SATA SSD”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Industry-Leading 245TB Micron 6600 Ion Data Center SSD Now Shipping” “That is pretty awful write performance.”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Industry-Leading 245TB Micron 6600 Ion Data Center SSD Now Shipping”
Other solid-state drives people recommend
The two most recommended other solid-state drives, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Optane SSD | 54 | 33 | 62% | 12 | 3 yrs3 owners | — |
| Micron 6600 Ion 245TB SSDThis page | 6 | 4 | 60% | 1 | — | — |
| Samsung SSD | 6 | 12 | 33% | 4 | 7.5 yrs4 owners | — |
What people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“a greater proportion of Intel and Micron SSDs are (or have) failed than any other brand”
“A 245TB SSD completely changes the density math for database nodes.”
“This thing takes only 30W.”
“more convenient (and dare I say, faster ) tape drive replacement for backups”
“Want, but then need two for reduncancy... then a spare for recovery”
“That is pretty awful write performance.”
“This thing has slower IOPS than an old SATA SSD”
“With this you have 1PB in 4 drives, fitting in a 1u rack, which is just incredible.”
“almost meaningless since the drive takes roughly that long to write at full speed”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.