Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Savvio 300GB SAS vs Seagate Savvio 600GB SAS

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Comparison of Savvio 300GB SAS, Savvio 600GB SAS
29 specifications	A Seagate Savvio 300GB SAS View product	B Seagate Savvio 600GB SAS View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	300 GB	600 GB
HDD speedDiffers	15000 RPM	10000 RPM
HDD size	2.5"	2.5"
Interface	SAS	SAS
Component for	Server/workstation	Server/workstation
Storage drive buffer size	64 MB	64 MB
HDD number of headsDiffers	4	3
Read seek timeDiffers	2.7 ms	3.4 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	3.1 ms	3.8 ms
Average latencyDiffers	2 ms	3 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	2000000 h	2000000 h
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	7.92 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4.25 W	3.82 W
Operating voltage	5 V	5 V
Start-up currentDiffers	1.04 A	0.86 A
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 55 °C	5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating vibration	0.5 Gs	0.5 Gs
Non-operating vibrationDiffers	2.4 Gs	3.0 Gs
Operating shockDiffers	60 G	40 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	300 G	400 G
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	70.1 mm	215 mm
Depth	100.5 mm	100.5 mm
Height	15 mm	15 mm
WeightDiffers	200 g	70.10 g
Other features2 differ
Data transfer rate	6 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
Internal	Yes	Yes
Sustained data rateDiffers	202 MB/s	168 MB/s
Acoustic pressure emissionsDiffers	3.35 dB	3 dB

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