Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 2TB 3.5" SATA III vs Seagate T10 SAS

12specifications compared
9differ
3identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 2TB 3.5" SATA III:2 TB
- T10 SAS:146 GB
HDD speed
- 2TB 3.5" SATA III:7200 RPM
- T10 SAS:15000 RPM
Interface
- 2TB 3.5" SATA III:Serial ATA III
- T10 SAS:SAS
Type
- 2TB 3.5" SATA III:Hybrid-HDD
- T10 SAS:HDD
Storage drive buffer size
- 2TB 3.5" SATA III:32 MB
- T10 SAS:16 MB
Width
- 2TB 3.5" SATA III:101.6 mm
- T10 SAS:101.8 mm
Depth
- 2TB 3.5" SATA III:26.1 mm
- T10 SAS:147 mm
Height
- 2TB 3.5" SATA III:146.1 mm
- T10 SAS:26.1 mm

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Comparison of 2TB 3.5" SATA III, T10 SAS
36 specifications	A Seagate 2TB 3.5" SATA III View product	B Seagate T10 SAS View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	146 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	15000 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	SAS
TypeDiffers	Hybrid-HDD	HDD
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PC
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	32 MB	16 MB
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 Gbit/s
HDD average transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 MB/s
Track to track seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4 ms
Average latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1400000 h
Hybrid-HDD cache memoryKnown for one	8 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-305 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-305 - 12210 m
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	15 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	75 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
DepthDiffers	26.1 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	146.1 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	408 g	839 g
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one	196.8 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package depthKnown for one	73.2 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package weightKnown for one	850 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package heightKnown for one	149.3 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Quick start guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	6 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Win	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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