Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB vs Seagate Cheetah ST3300056SS internal hard drive

18specifications compared
12differ
6identical
20known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB:500 GB
- Cheetah ST3300056SS internal hard drive:300 GB
HDD speed
- Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB:5900 RPM
- Cheetah ST3300056SS internal hard drive:15000 RPM
Interface
- Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB:Serial ATA
- Cheetah ST3300056SS internal hard drive:SAS
Read seek time
- Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB:16 ms
- Cheetah ST3300056SS internal hard drive:3.4 ms
Write seek time
- Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB:16 ms
- Cheetah ST3300056SS internal hard drive:3.9 ms
Average latency
- Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB:5.1 ms
- Cheetah ST3300056SS internal hard drive:2 ms
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB:0 - 60 °C
- Cheetah ST3300056SS internal hard drive:5 - 55 °C
Operating shock
- Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB:70 G
- Cheetah ST3300056SS internal hard drive:25 G

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Comparison of Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB, ST3300056SS
38 specifications	A Seagate Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB View product	B Seagate Cheetah ST3300056SS internal hard drive Model ST3300056SS View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	300 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5900 RPM	15000 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA	SAS
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	16 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of cylindersKnown for one	16383	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of headsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read seek timeDiffers	16 ms	3.4 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	16 ms	3.9 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for one	1 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyDiffers	5.1 ms	2 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	50000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Server/workstation
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1600000 h
Poweridentical
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.06 A
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 95%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating vibrationKnown for one	350 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	350 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating altitudeKnown for one	60.96 - 3048 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	60.96 - 12192 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockDiffers	70 G	25 G
Non-operating shock	300 G	300 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.8 mm	147 mm
DepthDiffers	147 mm	101.8 mm
HeightDiffers	20.2 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	415 g	694 g
Other featuresidentical
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	1285 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Disks included quantityKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, transfer rate	300 MB/s	300 MB/s
Internal	Yes	Yes
Recording densityKnown for one	1417 kbit/inch	Unknown — not stated by the source
Track densityKnown for one	236	Unknown — not stated by the source
Sustained data rateKnown for one	95 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source

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