Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Savvio 10K.4 internal hard drive vs Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 internal hard drive

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Savvio 10K.4 internal hard drive:450 GB
- Cheetah 15K.7 internal hard drive:300 GB
HDD speed
- Savvio 10K.4 internal hard drive:10000 RPM
- Cheetah 15K.7 internal hard drive:15000 RPM
HDD size
- Savvio 10K.4 internal hard drive:2.5"
- Cheetah 15K.7 internal hard drive:3.5"
Interface
- Savvio 10K.4 internal hard drive:SAS
- Cheetah 15K.7 internal hard drive:Ultra320 SCSI
Read seek time
- Savvio 10K.4 internal hard drive:3.8 ms
- Cheetah 15K.7 internal hard drive:3.4 ms
Write seek time
- Savvio 10K.4 internal hard drive:4.4 ms
- Cheetah 15K.7 internal hard drive:3.9 ms
Average latency
- Savvio 10K.4 internal hard drive:3 ms
- Cheetah 15K.7 internal hard drive:2 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- Savvio 10K.4 internal hard drive:2000000 h
- Cheetah 15K.7 internal hard drive:1600000 h

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Comparison of 10K.4, 15K.7
27 specifications	A Seagate Savvio 10K.4 internal hard drive Model 10K.4 View product	B Seagate Cheetah 15K.7 internal hard drive Model 15K.7 View product
Features8 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	450 GB	300 GB
HDD speedDiffers	10000 RPM	15000 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	SAS	Ultra320 SCSI
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Server/workstation
Storage drive buffer size	16 MB	16 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Read seek timeDiffers	3.8 ms	3.4 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	4.4 ms	3.9 ms
Average latencyDiffers	3 ms	2 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	2000000 h	1600000 h
Power4 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8.66 W	13.8 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	4.63 W	8.98 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentDiffers	0.87 A	3.75 A
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 55 °C	5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating vibrationDiffers	0.5 G	1 G
Non-operating vibration	3 G	3 G
Operating shockDiffers	40 G	60 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	400 G	300 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	70.1 mm	101.8 mm
DepthDiffers	100.5 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	15 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	208 g	671 g
Other features1 differ
Data transfer rateDiffers	6 Gbit/s	4 Gbit/s
Sustained data rateKnown for one	135 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source

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