Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk vs Seagate SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk

16specifications compared
11differ
5identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk has 86.6 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk (160 GB vs 73.4 GB). The Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk has 7,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk (15000 RPM vs 7200 RPM). The Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk has 8 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk (16 MB vs 8 MB). Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 55 °C on the Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk, 0 - 60 °C on the Seagate SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk.

HDD capacity
- Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:73.4 GB
- SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk:160 GB
HDD speed
- Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:15000 RPM
- SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk:7200 RPM
Storage drive buffer size
- Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:16 MB
- SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk:8 MB
Read seek time
- Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:3.5 ms
- SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk:17 ms
Write seek time
- Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:4 ms
- SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk:14 ms
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:5 - 55 °C
- SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk:0 - 60 °C
Operating shock
- Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:60 G
- SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk:63 G
Non-operating shock
- Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk:250 G
- SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk:300 G

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Comparison of Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk, SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk
32 specifications	A Seagate Cheetah 15K.5 73GB Fibre Channel 20pk View product	B Seagate SV35 Series 7200.2 160GB SATA II 25pk View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	73.4 GB	160 GB
HDD speedDiffers	15000 RPM	7200 RPM
InterfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Serial ATA II
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Surveillance system
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	16 MB	8 MB
Read seek timeDiffers	3.5 ms	17 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	4 ms	14 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50000
HDD number of headsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyKnown for one	2 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	14.7 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 55 °C	0 - 60 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Operating shockDiffers	60 G	63 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	250 G	300 G
Weight & dimensions3 differ
DepthDiffers	46 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	25.4 mm	20 mm
WeightDiffers	771 g	345 g
Other featuresidentical
Power requirementsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	+5V; +12V
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 Gbit/s
Drive ready timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 s
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	400 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible productsKnown for one	PCs	Unknown — not stated by the source
Acoustic pressure emissionsKnown for one	30 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source

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