Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM007 internal hard drive vs Seagate SkyHawk ST6000VX0023 internal hard drive

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Barracuda ST2000DM007 internal hard drive:2 TB
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023 internal hard drive:6 TB
Storage drive buffer size
- Barracuda ST2000DM007 internal hard drive:64 MB
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023 internal hard drive:256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rate
- Barracuda ST2000DM007 internal hard drive:210 MiB/s
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023 internal hard drive:195 MiB/s
Power consumption (typical)
- Barracuda ST2000DM007 internal hard drive:8 W
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023 internal hard drive:9 W
Power consumption (standby)
- Barracuda ST2000DM007 internal hard drive:0.75 W
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023 internal hard drive:0.6 W
Power consumption (off)
- Barracuda ST2000DM007 internal hard drive:0.75 W
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023 internal hard drive:0.6 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Barracuda ST2000DM007 internal hard drive:5.4 W
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023 internal hard drive:7.2 W
Start-up current
- Barracuda ST2000DM007 internal hard drive:2.5 A
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023 internal hard drive:2 A

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Comparison of ST2000DM007, ST6000VX0023
27 specifications	A Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM007 internal hard drive Model ST2000DM007 View product	B Seagate SkyHawk ST6000VX0023 internal hard drive Model ST6000VX0023 View product
Features3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	6 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	210 MiB/s	195 MiB/s
HDD number of headsKnown for one	6	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	4096	Unknown — not stated by the source
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Surveillance system
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
Power5 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8 W	9 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.75 W	0.6 W
Power consumption (off)Differs	0.75 W	0.6 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	5.4 W	7.2 W
Start-up currentDiffers	2.5 A	2 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	5 - 70 °C
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
HeightDiffers	20.2 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	626 g	705 g
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source

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