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Seagate Exos 7E8 vs Seagate Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive

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  • 17specifications compared
  • 9differ
  • 8identical
  • 12known for one product only

Key differences

  • HDD capacity
    • Exos 7E8:8 TB
    • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:3 TB
  • Interface
    • Exos 7E8:SAS
    • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
  • HDD interface transfer rate
    • Exos 7E8:12 Gbit/s
    • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:6 Gbit/s
  • HDD sustained transfer rate
    • Exos 7E8:249 MiB/s
    • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:210 MiB/s
  • Power consumption (typical)
    • Exos 7E8:12 W
    • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:8 W
  • Power consumption (idle)
    • Exos 7E8:8.5 W
    • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:5.4 W
  • Operating temperature (T-T)
    • Exos 7E8:5 - 60 °C
    • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:0 - 60 °C
  • Width
    • Exos 7E8:101.8 mm
    • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:101.6 mm

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Comparison of Exos 7E8, ST3000DMA08
29 specifications
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers8 TB3 TB
InterfaceDiffersSASSerial ATA III
HDD interface transfer rateDiffers12 Gbit/s6 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers249 MiB/s210 MiB/s
Average latencyKnown for one4.16 msUnknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one2000000 hUnknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source64 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source6
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs12 W8 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs8.5 W5.4 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source0.75 W
Start-up currentKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source2.5 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs5 - 60 °C0 - 60 °C
Operating shockKnown for one70 GUnknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one250 GUnknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-40 - 70 °C
Packaging contentidentical
Storage drive adapter includedKnown for oneNoUnknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers101.8 mm101.6 mm
WeightDiffers780 g630 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one1 pc(s)Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceRoHS

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