Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk vs Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk

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  • 19specifications compared
  • 12differ
  • 7identical
  • 4known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk has 226.6 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk (300 GB vs 73.4 GB). The Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk has 5,000 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk (15000 RPM vs 10000 RPM). The Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk has 8 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk (16 MB vs 8 MB).

  • HDD capacity
    • Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk:300 GB
    • Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:73.4 GB
  • HDD speed
    • Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk:10000 RPM
    • Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:15000 RPM
  • Storage drive buffer size
    • Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk:8 MB
    • Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:16 MB
  • HDD number of heads
    • Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk:8
    • Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:2
  • Read seek time
    • Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk:4.7 ms
    • Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:3.5 ms
  • Write seek time
    • Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk:5.3 ms
    • Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:4 ms
  • Average latency
    • Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk:3 ms
    • Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:2 ms
  • Power consumption (typical)
    • Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk:18 W
    • Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:14.7 W

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Comparison of Cheetah 10K.7 300 GB Fibre Channel 20pk, Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk
23 specifications
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers300 GB73.4 GB
HDD speedDiffers10000 RPM15000 RPM
HDD size3.5"3.5"
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers8 MB16 MB
HDD number of headsDiffers82
Read seek timeDiffers4.7 ms3.5 ms
Write seek timeDiffers5.3 ms4 ms
Average latencyDiffers3 ms2 ms
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs18 W14.7 W
Operating voltage5 / 12 V5 / 12 V
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)5 - 55 °C5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)-40 - 70 °C-40 - 70 °C
Operating shockKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source60 G
Non-operating shockDiffers225 G250 G
Weight & dimensions2 differ
Width101.6 mm101.6 mm
DepthDiffers146.1 mm46 mm
Height25.4 mm25.4 mm
WeightDiffers726 g771 g
Other features1 differ
Drive device, transfer rateDiffers200 MB/s400 MB/s
InternalYesYes
Compatible productsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourcePCs
Acoustic pressure emissionsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source30 dB
Fibre ChannelKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source

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