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Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 36GB HDD vs Seagate 40GB HDD

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  • 17specifications compared
  • 12differ
  • 5identical
  • 19known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate 40GB HDD has 4 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate 36GB HDD (40 GB vs 36 GB). The Seagate 40GB HDD has 1 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate 36GB HDD (2 MB vs 1 MB). The Seagate 40GB HDD has 8.1 ms more read seek time than the Seagate 36GB HDD (9 ms vs 0.9 ms). Interface: SCSI on the Seagate 36GB HDD, Ultra-ATA/100 on the Seagate 40GB HDD. Operating altitude: -304.8 - 3048 m on the Seagate 36GB HDD, -198.12 - 3048 m on the Seagate 40GB HDD.

  • HDD capacity
    • 36 GB
    • 40 GB
  • Interface
    • SCSI
    • Ultra-ATA/100
  • Storage drive buffer size
    • 1 MB
    • 2 MB
  • Read seek time
    • 0.9 ms
    • 9 ms
  • Write seek time
    • 1.2 ms
    • 10 ms
  • Average latency
    • 4.17 ms
    • 4.16 ms
  • Operating altitude
    • -304.8 - 3048 m
    • -198.12 - 3048 m
  • Non-operating altitude
    • -304.8 - 12192 m
    • -198.12 - 12192 m

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36 specifications
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Seagate

36GB HDDView product
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40GB HDDView product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers36 GB40 GB
InterfaceDiffersSCSIUltra-ATA/100
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers1 MB2 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one2
Read seek timeDiffers0.9 ms9 ms
Write seek timeDiffers1.2 ms10 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for one1.2 ms
Average seek timeKnown for one9 ms
Average latencyDiffers4.17 ms4.16 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one512
Component forKnown for oneServer/workstation
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one13 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one0.75 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one9.5 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one12 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one12 W
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one5 - 95%
Operating vibrationKnown for one0.5 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one5 G
Operating altitudeDiffers-304.8 - 3048 m-198.12 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeDiffers-304.8 - 12192 m-198.12 - 12192 m
Operating shockKnown for one63 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one350 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers101.6 mm101.8 mm
DepthDiffers146.1 mm147 mm
HeightDiffers41.1 mm26.1 mm
WeightDiffers990 g635 g
Other featuresidentical
Drive ready timeKnown for one10 s

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