Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive vs Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive

18specifications compared
10differ
8identical
13known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive has 10 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive (16 TB vs 6 TB). The Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_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 ST6000VN006_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 ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:16 TB
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:6 TB
HDD speed
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:7200 RPM
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
Component for
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:Surveillance system
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:NAS
Storage drive buffer size
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:512 MB
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:256 MB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:2500000 h
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:1000000 h
Power consumption (typical)
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:8.2 W
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:5.3 W
Power consumption (standby)
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:1.2 W
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)
- SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive:6.7 W
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:4 W

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Comparison of ST16000VE005, ST6000VN006_B3
31 specifications	A Seagate SkyHawk AI ST16000VE005 internal hard drive Model ST16000VE005 View product	B Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive Model ST6000VN006_B3 View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	16 TB	6 TB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
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
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	< 1 per 10^14 bits read
Error Recovery Control (ERC)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
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
Noise level (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	26 dB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	2500000 h	1000000 h
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	229 MiB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Power4 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8.2 W	5.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	1.2 W	0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	6.7 W	4 W
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 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 & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	695 g	630 g

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