Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive

20specifications compared
18differ
2identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive has 2.2 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive (4 TB vs 1.8 TB). The Seagate Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive has 4,600 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive (10000 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive has 1" more HDD size than the Seagate Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive (3.5" vs 2.5"). Interface: SAS on the Seagate Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive, Serial ATA III on the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive. Operating voltage: 5 V on the Seagate Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive, 5 / 12 V on the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive:1.8 TB
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:4 TB
HDD speed
- Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive:10000 RPM
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
HDD size
- Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive:2.5"
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:3.5"
Interface
- Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive:SAS
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer size
- Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive:128 MB
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:256 MB
HDD interface transfer rate
- Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive:12 Gbit/s
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:6 Gbit/s
Power consumption (typical)
- Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive:7.8 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:4.8 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive:4.55 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:3.96 W

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Comparison of ST1800MM0018-RF, ST4000VN006_B3
34 specifications	A Seagate Enterprise ST1800MM0018-RF internal hard drive Model ST1800MM0018-RF View product	B Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive Model ST4000VN006_B3 View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1.8 TB	4 TB
HDD speedDiffers	10000 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	SAS	Serial ATA III
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	NAS
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	128 MB	256 MB
HDD interface transfer rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	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 cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	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
Average latencyKnown for one	2.9 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
RefurbishedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	7.8 W	4.8 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4.55 W	3.96 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.8 A
Operational conditions5 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 55 °C	0 - 65 °C
Operating vibrationDiffers	3.1 G	0.25 G
Non-operating vibrationDiffers	0.5 G	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 shockDiffers	40 G	80 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	400 G	300 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	70.1 mm	101.8 mm
DepthDiffers	100.5 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	15 mm	20.2 mm
WeightDiffers	199 g	490 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source

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