Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive

20specifications compared
14differ
6identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive has 2 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive (4 TB vs 2 TB). The Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 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). Interface: SAS on the Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive, Serial ATA III on the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 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 ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:2 TB
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:4 TB
HDD speed
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:7200 RPM
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
Interface
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:SAS
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer size
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:128 MB
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:256 MB
HDD interface transfer rate
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:12 Gbit/s
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:6 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rate
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:226 MiB/s
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:202 MiB/s
Power consumption (typical)
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:9.17 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:4.8 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:4.67 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:3.96 W

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Comparison of ST2000NM0045-RF, ST4000VN006_B1
36 specifications	A Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive Model ST2000NM0045-RF View product	B Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive Model ST4000VN006_B1 View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	4 TB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	SAS	Serial ATA III
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
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	226 MiB/s	202 MiB/s
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
Workload rate limitKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	180 TB/year
Mean time to failure (MTTF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
Average latencyKnown for one	4.16 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
RefurbishedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	2000000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	9.17 W	4.8 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4.67 W	3.96 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.8 A
Operational conditions4 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 vibrationDiffers	12.5 G	0.25 G
Non-operating vibrationDiffers	4.9 G	3 G
Operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-304 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-304 - 12192 m
Operating shockDiffers	70 G	80 G
Weight & dimensions2 differ
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	20.2 mm
WeightDiffers	605 g	490 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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