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Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive vs Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive

16specifications compared
10differ
6identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive has 504 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (512 MB vs 8 MB). The Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive has 550,000 more start/stop cycles than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (600000 vs 50000). The Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive has 1,800,000 h more mean time between failures (MTBF) than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (2500000 h vs 700000 h). HDD capacity: 20 TB on the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive, 250 GB on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive. Interface: Serial ATA III on the Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive, Serial ATA II on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:20 TB
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:250 GB
Interface
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:Serial ATA II
Storage drive buffer size
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:512 MB
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:8 MB
Start/stop cycles
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:600000
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:50000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:2500000 h
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:700000 h
Power consumption (idle)
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:6.7 W
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:5.3 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:0 - 65 °C
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:0 - 60 °C
Width
- SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive:101.8 mm
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:101.6 mm

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Comparison of ST20000VE004, ST3250310AS-RF
38 specifications	A Seagate SkyHawk AI ST20000VE004 internal hard drive Model ST20000VE004 View product	B Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive Model ST3250310AS-RF View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	20 TB	250 GB
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	Serial ATA II
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	512 MB	8 MB
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.5 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 ms
Average latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.16 ms
RefurbishedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Start/stop cyclesDiffers	600000	50000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	2500000 h	700000 h
Component forKnown for one	Surveillance system	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Power1 differ
Power consumption (idle)Differs	6.7 W	5.3 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.5 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.5 W
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	8.2 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	1.2 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 65 °C	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-60.96 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-60.96 - 12192 m
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	63 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	350 G
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	101.8 mm	101.6 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	20 mm
WeightDiffers	695 g	365 g
Other featuresidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source

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