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Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive vs Seagate Cheetah 15K.6 300-GB

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  • 17specifications compared
  • 13differ
  • 4identical
  • 5known for one product only

Key differences

  • HDD capacity
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:160 GB
    • Cheetah 15K.6 300-GB:300 GB
  • HDD speed
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:7200 RPM
    • Cheetah 15K.6 300-GB:15000 RPM
  • Interface
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:Serial ATA
    • Cheetah 15K.6 300-GB:SAS
  • Storage drive buffer size
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:8 MB
    • Cheetah 15K.6 300-GB:16 MB
  • Read seek time
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:11 ms
    • Cheetah 15K.6 300-GB:3.4 ms
  • Write seek time
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:12 ms
    • Cheetah 15K.6 300-GB:3.9 ms
  • Average latency
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:4.16 ms
    • Cheetah 15K.6 300-GB:2 ms
  • Operating temperature (T-T)
    • Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive:0 - 60 °C
    • Cheetah 15K.6 300-GB:5 - 55 °C

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Comparison of Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 160-GB Hard Drive, Cheetah 15K.6 300-GB
22 specifications
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers160 GB300 GB
HDD speedDiffers7200 RPM15000 RPM
InterfaceDiffersSerial ATASAS
Component forKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceServer/workstation
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers8 MB16 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source6
Read seek timeDiffers11 ms3.4 ms
Write seek timeDiffers12 ms3.9 ms
Average latencyDiffers4.16 ms2 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1600000 h
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs0 - 60 °C5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-40 - 70 °C
Operating shockDiffers65 G60 G
Non-operating shockDiffers350 G250 G
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers101.6 mm101.8 mm
HeightDiffers20.2 mm26.1 mm
WeightDiffers390 g694 g
Other featuresidentical
Track densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source165 Gbits/inch2

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