Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate IronWolf ST2000NE00253 internal hard drive vs Seagate Enterprise ST8000NM0156 internal hard drive

Key differences

HDD capacity
- IronWolf ST2000NE00253 internal hard drive:2 TB
- Enterprise ST8000NM0156 internal hard drive:8 TB
Interface
- IronWolf ST2000NE00253 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
- Enterprise ST8000NM0156 internal hard drive:SAS
Component for
- IronWolf ST2000NE00253 internal hard drive:NAS
- Enterprise ST8000NM0156 internal hard drive:Server/workstation
Storage drive buffer size
- IronWolf ST2000NE00253 internal hard drive:128 MB
- Enterprise ST8000NM0156 internal hard drive:256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rate
- IronWolf ST2000NE00253 internal hard drive:195 MiB/s
- Enterprise ST8000NM0156 internal hard drive:249 MiB/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- IronWolf ST2000NE00253 internal hard drive:1200000 h
- Enterprise ST8000NM0156 internal hard drive:2500000 h
Power consumption (typical)
- IronWolf ST2000NE00253 internal hard drive:7.5 W
- Enterprise ST8000NM0156 internal hard drive:9.4 W
Power consumption (idle)
- IronWolf ST2000NE00253 internal hard drive:4.5 W
- Enterprise ST8000NM0156 internal hard drive:5.5 W

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Comparison of ST2000NE00253, ST8000NM0156
29 specifications	A Seagate IronWolf ST2000NE00253 internal hard drive Model ST2000NE00253 View product	B Seagate Enterprise ST8000NM0156 internal hard drive Model ST8000NM0156 View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	8 TB
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	SAS
Component forDiffers	NAS	Server/workstation
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	128 MB	256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	195 MiB/s	249 MiB/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	1200000 h	2500000 h
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 Gbit/s
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	7.5 W	9.4 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	0.8 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4.5 W	5.5 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	2 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating vibrationDiffers	5 G	2.27 G
Operating shockKnown for one	70 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	300 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	70 G
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	550 g	650 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 pc(s)
Logistics dataidentical
Master (outer) cases per palletKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40 pc(s)

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