Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 3TB SATAIII vs Seagate Surveillance HDD

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 3TB SATAIII:3 TB
- Surveillance HDD:4 TB
HDD sustained transfer rate
- 3TB SATAIII:210 MiB/s
- Surveillance HDD:180 MiB/s
Power consumption (typical)
- 3TB SATAIII:8 W
- Surveillance HDD:5.6 W
Power consumption (standby)
- 3TB SATAIII:0.75 W
- Surveillance HDD:0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)
- 3TB SATAIII:5.8 W
- Surveillance HDD:4 W
Start-up current
- 3TB SATAIII:2.5 A
- Surveillance HDD:1.8 A
Operating temperature (T-T)
- 3TB SATAIII:0 - 60 °C
- Surveillance HDD:0 - 70 °C
Weight
- 3TB SATAIII:629 g
- Surveillance HDD:610 g

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Comparison of 3TB SATAIII, 4TB
31 specifications	A Seagate 3TB SATAIII View product	B Seagate Surveillance HDD Model 4TB View product
Features2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	3 TB	4 TB
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PC
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	210 MiB/s	180 MiB/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
HDD number of headsKnown for one	6	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read seek timeKnown for one	8.5 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one	9.5 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power4 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8 W	5.6 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.75 W	0.5 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	5.8 W	4 W
Start-up currentDiffers	2.5 A	1.8 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	0 - 70 °C
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	629 g	610 g
Logistics dataidentical
Products per palletKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40 pc(s)
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source

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