Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive vs Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive

20specifications compared
6differ
14identical
11known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive has 8 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive (28 TB vs 20 TB). The Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive has 30 MB/s more HDD average transfer rate than the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive (270 MB/s vs 240 MB/s). The Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive has 0.1 W more power consumption (typical) than the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive (8.3 W vs 8.2 W). Component for: Surveillance system on the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive, NAS on the Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive. Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 65 °C on the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive, 10 - 60 °C on the Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:20 TB
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:28 TB
Component for
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:Surveillance system
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:NAS
HDD average transfer rate
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:240 MB/s
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:270 MB/s
Power consumption (typical)
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:8.2 W
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:8.3 W
Power consumption (idle)
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:6.7 W
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:6.8 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:0 - 65 °C
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:10 - 60 °C

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Comparison of ST20000VE004, ST28000NT000
31 specifications	A Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive Model ST20000VE004 View product	B Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive Model ST28000NT000 View product
Features3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	20 TB	28 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 average transfer rateDiffers	240 MB/s	270 MB/s
24/7 operationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Workload rate limitKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	550 TB/year
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	2500000 h	2500000 h
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	229 MiB/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 conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 65 °C	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 pack	1 pc(s)	1 pc(s)
Other featuresidentical
Warranty periodKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 year(s)

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