Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Savvio 10K.5 internal hard drive vs Seagate 900GB SAS

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Savvio 10K.5 internal hard drive:600 GB
- 900GB SAS:900 GB
Interface
- Savvio 10K.5 internal hard drive:Fibre Channel
- 900GB SAS:SAS
HDD number of heads
- Savvio 10K.5 internal hard drive:4
- 900GB SAS:6
Read seek time
- Savvio 10K.5 internal hard drive:3.4 ms
- 900GB SAS:3.7 ms
Write seek time
- Savvio 10K.5 internal hard drive:3.8 ms
- 900GB SAS:4.1 ms
Start-up current
- Savvio 10K.5 internal hard drive:0.89 A
- 900GB SAS:1 A
Operating vibration
- Savvio 10K.5 internal hard drive:0.5 G
- 900GB SAS:0.5 Gs
Non-operating vibration
- Savvio 10K.5 internal hard drive:3 G
- 900GB SAS:3.0 Gs

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Comparison of 10K.5, 900GB SAS
29 specifications	A Seagate Savvio 10K.5 internal hard drive Model 10K.5 View product	B Seagate 900GB SAS View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	600 GB	900 GB
HDD speed	10000 RPM	10000 RPM
HDD size	2.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Fibre Channel	SAS
Component for	Server/workstation	Server/workstation
Storage drive buffer size	64 MB	64 MB
HDD number of headsDiffers	4	6
Read seek timeDiffers	3.4 ms	3.7 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	3.8 ms	4.1 ms
Average latency	3 ms	3 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	2000000 h	2000000 h
Power1 differ
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.42 W
Operating voltage	5 V	5 V
Start-up currentDiffers	0.89 A	1 A
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	4.13 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
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	0.5 Gs
Non-operating vibrationDiffers	3 G	3.0 Gs
Operating shockDiffers	25 G	40 G
Non-operating shock	400 G	400 G
Weight & dimensions1 differ
Width	70.1 mm	70.1 mm
Depth	100.5 mm	100.5 mm
Height	15 mm	15 mm
WeightDiffers	221 g	205 g
Other features1 differ
Data transfer rateDiffers	4 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
InternalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Sustained data rate	168 MB/s	168 MB/s
Acoustic pressure emissionsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 dB

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