Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Enterprise ST12000NM0248 internal hard drive vs Seagate Cheetah ST3600057SS internal hard drive

18specifications compared
11differ
7identical
12known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Enterprise ST12000NM0248 internal hard drive:12 TB
- Cheetah ST3600057SS internal hard drive:600 GB
HDD speed
- Enterprise ST12000NM0248 internal hard drive:7200 RPM
- Cheetah ST3600057SS internal hard drive:15000 RPM
Interface
- Enterprise ST12000NM0248 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
- Cheetah ST3600057SS internal hard drive:SAS
Storage drive buffer size
- Enterprise ST12000NM0248 internal hard drive:256 MB
- Cheetah ST3600057SS internal hard drive:16 MB
Average latency
- Enterprise ST12000NM0248 internal hard drive:4.16 ms
- Cheetah ST3600057SS internal hard drive:2 ms
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Enterprise ST12000NM0248 internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C
- Cheetah ST3600057SS internal hard drive:5 - 55 °C
Non-operating shock
- Enterprise ST12000NM0248 internal hard drive:250 G
- Cheetah ST3600057SS internal hard drive:300 G
Width
- Enterprise ST12000NM0248 internal hard drive:101.8 mm
- Cheetah ST3600057SS internal hard drive:101.6 mm

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Comparison of ST12000NM0248, ST3600057SS
30 specifications	A Seagate Enterprise ST12000NM0248 internal hard drive Model ST12000NM0248 View product	B Seagate Cheetah ST3600057SS internal hard drive Model ST3600057SS View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	12 TB	600 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	15000 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	SAS
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	256 MB	16 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.4 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.9 ms
Average latencyDiffers	4.16 ms	2 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1600000 h
Component forKnown for one	Server/workstation	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	6 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	261 MiB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 60 °C	5 - 55 °C
Operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 G
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	250 G	300 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.8 mm	101.6 mm
DepthDiffers	147 mm	146.5 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	25.4 mm
WeightDiffers	690 g	686 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source

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