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Freecom Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F vs Seagate Savvio 15K 73 GB

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  • 11specifications compared
  • 10differ
  • 1identical
  • 20known for one product only

Key differences

The Freecom Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F has 87 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Savvio 15K 73 GB (160 GB vs 73 GB). The Seagate Savvio 15K 73 GB has 9,600 RPM more HDD speed than the Freecom Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F (15000 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate Savvio 15K 73 GB has 8 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Freecom Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F (16 MB vs 8 MB). Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 60 °C on the Freecom Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F, 5 - 55 °C on the Seagate Savvio 15K 73 GB. Storage temperature (T-T): -20 - 80 °C on the Freecom Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F, -40 - 70 °C on the Seagate Savvio 15K 73 GB.

  • HDD capacity
    • Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F:160 GB
    • Savvio 15K 73 GB:73 GB
  • HDD speed
    • Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F:5400 RPM
    • Savvio 15K 73 GB:15000 RPM
  • Storage drive buffer size
    • Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F:8 MB
    • Savvio 15K 73 GB:16 MB
  • Average latency
    • Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F:4.2 ms
    • Savvio 15K 73 GB:2 ms
  • Operating temperature (T-T)
    • Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F:5 - 60 °C
    • Savvio 15K 73 GB:5 - 55 °C
  • Storage temperature (T-T)
    • Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F:-20 - 80 °C
    • Savvio 15K 73 GB:-40 - 70 °C
  • Width
    • Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F:18 mm
    • Savvio 15K 73 GB:70.1 mm
  • Depth
    • Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F:132 mm
    • Savvio 15K 73 GB:100.2 mm

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Comparison of Mobile Drive PRO 160GB U&F, Savvio 15K 73 GB
31 specifications
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers160 GB73 GB
HDD speedDiffers5400 RPM15000 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for one2.5"Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers8 MB16 MB
Track to track seek timeKnown for one3 msUnknown — not stated by the source
Average seek timeKnown for one13 msUnknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyDiffers4.2 ms2 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one512Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one50000 hUnknown — not stated by the source
InterfaceKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceSCSI
HDD number of headsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source4
Read seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2.9 ms
Write seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source3.3 ms
Poweridentical
Operating voltageKnown for one5 VUnknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs5 - 60 °C5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Differs-20 - 80 °C-40 - 70 °C
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for oneNTI Shadow BackupUnknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers18 mm70.1 mm
DepthDiffers132 mm100.2 mm
HeightDiffers83 mm14.8 mm
WeightDiffers300 g210 g
Other featuresidentical
Minimum system requirementsKnown for oneCD-ROMUnknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for oneWindows 2000/XP/Vista Mac OS X 10.2.8 +Unknown — not stated by the source
FireWire 400Known for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Mac compatibilityKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Minimum RAMKnown for one256 MBUnknown — not stated by the source
Minimum processorKnown for onePentium III 900MHzUnknown — not stated by the source
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one1Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source3 Gbit/s
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source300 MB/s

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