Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Archive HDD v2 8TB vs Seagate Surveillance HDD

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Archive HDD v2 8TB:8 TB
- Surveillance HDD:6 TB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- Archive HDD v2 8TB:800000 h
- Surveillance HDD:1000000 h
Power consumption (typical)
- Archive HDD v2 8TB:5.5 W
- Surveillance HDD:8 W
Power consumption (standby)
- Archive HDD v2 8TB:0.75 W
- Surveillance HDD:0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Archive HDD v2 8TB:3.5 W
- Surveillance HDD:6.7 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Archive HDD v2 8TB:0 - 60 °C
- Surveillance HDD:5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)
- Archive HDD v2 8TB:-40 - 70 °C
- Surveillance HDD:-40 - 7 °C
Width
- Archive HDD v2 8TB:101.6 mm
- Surveillance HDD:101.8 mm

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Comparison of Archive HDD v2 8TB, Surveillance HDD
25 specifications	A Seagate Archive HDD v2 8TB View product	B Seagate Surveillance HDD View product
Features2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	8 TB	6 TB
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
Interface	Serial ATA III	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer size	128 MB	128 MB
HDD interface transfer rate	6 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	190 MiB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of headsKnown for one	12	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sector	4096	4096
Start/stop cycles	300000	300000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	800000 h	1000000 h
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Surveillance system
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	5.5 W	8 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.75 W	0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	3.5 W	6.7 W
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.2 A
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Differs	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 7 °C
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
Depth	147 mm	147 mm
Height	26.1 mm	26.1 mm
Weight	780 g	780 g
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 pc(s)

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