Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive vs Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive

18specifications compared
11differ
7identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive has 12 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive (16 TB vs 4 TB). The Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive has 256 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive (512 MB vs 256 MB). Component for: Surveillance system on the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive, NAS on the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:16 TB
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:4 TB
HDD speed
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:7200 RPM
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
Component for
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:Surveillance system
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:NAS
Storage drive buffer size
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:512 MB
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rate
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:229 MiB/s
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:202 MiB/s
Power consumption (typical)
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:8.2 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:4.8 W
Power consumption (standby)
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:1.2 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:6.7 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:3.96 W

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Comparison of ST16000VE005, ST4000VN006_B3
34 specifications	A Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive Model ST16000VE005 View product	B Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive Model ST4000VN006_B3 View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	16 TB	4 TB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 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 sizeDiffers	512 MB	256 MB
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	229 MiB/s	202 MiB/s
Rotational Vibration (RV) sensorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
24/7 operationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Start/stop cycles	600000	600000
Workload rate limitKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	180 TB/year
Mean time to failure (MTTF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 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
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	2500000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power4 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8.2 W	4.8 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	1.2 W	0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	6.7 W	3.96 W
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentDiffers	2 A	1.8 A
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 65 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.25 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 G
Operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-304 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-304 - 12192 m
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	80 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 G
Weight & dimensions2 differ
Width	101.8 mm	101.8 mm
Depth	147 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	20.2 mm
WeightDiffers	695 g	490 g

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