Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive vs Seagate IronWolf Pro ST30000NT011 internal hard drive

18specifications compared
5differ
13identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate IronWolf Pro ST30000NT011 internal hard drive has 14 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive (30 TB vs 16 TB). The Seagate IronWolf Pro ST30000NT011 internal hard drive has 46 MiB/s more HDD sustained transfer rate than the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive (275 MiB/s vs 229 MiB/s). The Seagate IronWolf Pro ST30000NT011 internal hard drive has 0.1 W more power consumption (typical) than the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive (8.3 W vs 8.2 W). Component for: Surveillance system on the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive, NAS on the Seagate IronWolf Pro ST30000NT011 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:16 TB
- IronWolf Pro ST30000NT011 internal hard drive:30 TB
Component for
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:Surveillance system
- IronWolf Pro ST30000NT011 internal hard drive:NAS
HDD sustained transfer rate
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:229 MiB/s
- IronWolf Pro ST30000NT011 internal hard drive:275 MiB/s
Power consumption (typical)
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:8.2 W
- IronWolf Pro ST30000NT011 internal hard drive:8.3 W
Power consumption (idle)
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:6.7 W
- IronWolf Pro ST30000NT011 internal hard drive:6.8 W

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Comparison of ST16000VE005, ST30000NT011
33 specifications	A Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive Model ST16000VE005 View product	B Seagate IronWolf Pro ST30000NT011 internal hard drive Model ST30000NT011 View product
Features3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	16 TB	30 TB
HDD speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
Interface	Serial ATA III	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
Component forDiffers	Surveillance system	NAS
Storage drive buffer size	512 MB	512 MB
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	229 MiB/s	275 MiB/s
24/7 operationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512e
Workload rate limitKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	550 TB/year
Noise level (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	28 dB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	2500000 h	2500000 h
HDD average transfer rateKnown for one	240 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of AI channelsKnown for one	32	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	600000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8.2 W	8.3 W
Power consumption (standby)	1.2 W	1.2 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	6.7 W	6.8 W
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up current	2 A	2 A
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.27 G
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	30 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	200 G
Weight & dimensionsidentical
Width	101.8 mm	101.8 mm
Depth	147 mm	147 mm
Height	26.1 mm	26.1 mm
Weight	695 g	695 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 pc(s)
Other featuresidentical
Warranty periodKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 year(s)

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