Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 1000GB 3.5" SATA II vs Seagate 400GB 3.5" SAS

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Comparison of 1000GB 3.5" SATA II, 400GB 3.5" SAS
31 specifications	A Seagate 1000GB 3.5" SATA II View product	B Seagate 400GB 3.5" SAS View product
Features8 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	400 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	10000 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA II	SAS
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	32 MB	16 MB
Read seek timeDiffers	8.5 ms	3.9 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	9.5 ms	4.2 ms
Track to track seek timeDiffers	0.8 ms	0.35 ms
Average latencyDiffers	4.16 ms	2.98 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	1200000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Server/workstation
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	11.6 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	8 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating shockKnown for one	63 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	300 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
WeightDiffers	677 g	771 g
Other features1 differ
Sustained data rateDiffers	105 MB/s	97 MB/s

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