Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Barracuda 20TB vs Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive

19specifications compared
12differ
7identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Barracuda 20TB has 16 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive (20 TB vs 4 TB). The Seagate Barracuda 20TB has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate Barracuda 20TB has 256 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive (512 MB vs 256 MB). Interface: Serial ATA on the Seagate Barracuda 20TB, Serial ATA III on the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive. Component for: PC on the Seagate Barracuda 20TB, NAS on the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Barracuda 20TB:20 TB
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:4 TB
HDD speed
- Barracuda 20TB:7200 RPM
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
Interface
- Barracuda 20TB:Serial ATA
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Component for
- Barracuda 20TB:PC
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:NAS
Storage drive buffer size
- Barracuda 20TB:512 MB
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rate
- Barracuda 20TB:190 MiB/s
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:202 MiB/s
Power consumption (typical)
- Barracuda 20TB:8.9 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:4.8 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Barracuda 20TB:6.7 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:3.96 W

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Comparison of Barracuda 20TB, ST4000VN006_B3
34 specifications	A Seagate Barracuda 20TB View product	B Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive Model ST4000VN006_B3 View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	20 TB	4 TB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA	Serial ATA III
Component forDiffers	PC	NAS
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	512 MB	256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	190 MiB/s	202 MiB/s
Rotational Vibration (RV) sensorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
24/7 operationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600000
Workload rate limitKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	180 TB/year
Mean time to failure (MTTF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8.9 W	4.8 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	6.7 W	3.96 W
Start-up currentDiffers	2 A	1.8 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	10 - 60 °C	0 - 65 °C
Operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.25 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 G
Operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-304 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-304 - 12192 m
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	80 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 G
Weight & dimensions2 differ
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	20.2 mm
WeightDiffers	695 g	490 g
Packaging contentidentical
Storage drive adapter includedKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source

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