Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive

18specifications compared
11differ
7identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive has 128 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive (256 MB vs 128 MB). The Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive has 6 Gbit/s more HDD interface transfer rate than the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive (12 Gbit/s vs 6 Gbit/s). Interface: SAS on the Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive, Serial ATA III on the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive. Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 60 °C on the Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive, 0 - 65 °C on the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive.

HDD speed
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:7200 RPM
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
Interface
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:SAS
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer size
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:128 MB
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive:256 MB
HDD interface transfer rate
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:12 Gbit/s
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive:6 Gbit/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:2000000 h
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive:1000000 h
Power consumption (typical)
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:9.17 W
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive:3.1 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:4.67 W
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive:2.8 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive:0 - 65 °C

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Comparison of ST2000NM0045-RF, ST2000VN003_B2
35 specifications	A Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive Model ST2000NM0045-RF View product	B Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B2 internal hard drive Model ST2000VN003_B2 View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacity	2 TB	2 TB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	SAS	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
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
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	< 1 per 10^14 bits read
Error Recovery Control (ERC)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
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
Noise level (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	21 dB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	2000000 h	1000000 h
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	226 MiB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyKnown for one	4.16 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
RefurbishedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	9.17 W	3.1 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4.67 W	2.8 W
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.8 A
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 60 °C	0 - 65 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating shockDiffers	70 G	80 G
Non-operating shock	300 G	300 G
Operating vibrationKnown for one	12.5 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	4.9 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
Width	101.8 mm	101.8 mm
Depth	147 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	20.2 mm
WeightDiffers	605 g	415 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84717050	Unknown — not stated by the source

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