Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Samsung 1TB Story Station vs Verbatim PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System 2TB

19specifications compared
9differ
10identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 1TB Story Station:1 TB
- PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System 2TB:2 TB
eSATA
- 1TB Story Station:No
- PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System 2TB:Yes
Product colour
- 1TB Story Station:Grey
- PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System 2TB:Black
Operating temperature (T-T)
- 1TB Story Station:5 - 40 °C
- PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System 2TB:5 - 35 °C
Width
- 1TB Story Station:119.5 mm
- PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System 2TB:50 mm
Depth
- 1TB Story Station:192.8 mm
- PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System 2TB:230 mm
Height
- 1TB Story Station:41.8 mm
- PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System 2TB:170 mm
Weight
- 1TB Story Station:902 g
- PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System 2TB:2.5 kg

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Comparison of 1TB Story Station, PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System 2TB
33 specifications	A Samsung 1TB Story Station View product	B Verbatim PowerBay Removable Hard Drive System 2TB View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	2 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7200 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
InterfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Serial ATA
Type	HDD	HDD
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Ethernet LAN	No	No
eSATADiffers	No	Yes
FireWire 400	No	No
FireWire 800	No	No
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	480 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB connectorKnown for one	USB	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB versionKnown for one	2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Grey	Black
Poweridentical
Bus powered	No	No
External power adapterKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 40 °C	5 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 80%
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-20 - 65 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	119.5 mm	50 mm
DepthDiffers	192.8 mm	230 mm
HeightDiffers	41.8 mm	170 mm
WeightDiffers	902 g	2.5 kg
Packaging dataidentical
User guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Other features1 differ
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	480 Mbit/s
Internal	No	No
Mac compatibility	Yes	Yes
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DC 12V
USB 2.0 ports quantity	1	1
USB cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	USB
USB required	Yes	Yes
Compatible operating systemsDiffers	Windows Vista/XP/2000 Mac OS x 10.4.8 +	Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 Windows Server 2003/ 2008 Mac OS X 10.2, 10.5
eSATA cableKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) ports quantityKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source

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