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Seagate Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk vs Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB

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  • 12specifications compared
  • 11differ
  • 1identical
  • 29known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk has 240 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB (400 GB vs 160 GB). The Seagate Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk has 8 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB (16 MB vs 8 MB). The Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB has 7.1 ms more read seek time than the Seagate Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk (11 ms vs 3.9 ms). Interface: SAS on the Seagate Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk, Serial ATA on the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB.

  • HDD capacity
    • Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk:400 GB
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:160 GB
  • Interface
    • Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk:SAS
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:Serial ATA
  • Storage drive buffer size
    • Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk:16 MB
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:8 MB
  • Read seek time
    • Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk:3.9 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:11 ms
  • Write seek time
    • Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk:4.2 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:13 ms
  • Track to track seek time
    • Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk:0.35 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:1 ms
  • Average latency
    • Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk:2.98 ms
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:5.56 ms
  • Width
    • Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk:101.8 mm
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:69.8 mm

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Comparison of Cheetah NS 400GB 3-Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI 20pk, Momentus 5400.3 160 GB
41 specifications
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers400 GB160 GB
HDD speedKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5400 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2.5"
InterfaceDiffersSASSerial ATA
Component forKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceLaptop
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers16 MB8 MB
HDD number of cylindersKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source16383
HDD number of headsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source4
Read seek timeDiffers3.9 ms11 ms
Write seek timeDiffers4.2 ms13 ms
Full stroke seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source24 ms
Track to track seek timeDiffers0.35 ms1 ms
Average seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source12.5 ms
Average latencyDiffers2.98 ms5.56 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source512
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2 W
Operating voltageKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 V
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source0 - 40 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 - 95%
Operating vibrationKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 G
Operating altitudeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shockKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source350 G
Non-operating shockKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source900 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers101.8 mm69.8 mm
DepthDiffers147 mm100.5 mm
HeightDiffers26.1 mm9.5 mm
WeightDiffers771 g100 g
Other featuresidentical
HDD transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source352 Mbit/s
Power requirementsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source+5.0V ± 5%
Disks included quantityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2 pc(s)
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source150 MB/s
Drive ready timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8 s
Recording densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source870 kbit/inch
Track densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source150000
Data transfer rateKnown for one3 Gbit/sUnknown — not stated by the source
Sustained data rateKnown for one97 MB/sUnknown — not stated by the source

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