Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive

14specifications compared
11differ
3identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 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 SkyHawk ST4000VX005 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 SkyHawk ST4000VX005 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 SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive. Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 60 °C on the Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive, 0 - 70 °C on the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:2 TB
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:4 TB
Interface
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:SAS
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer size
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:128 MB
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:256 MB
HDD interface transfer rate
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:12 Gbit/s
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:6 Gbit/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:2000000 h
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:1000000 h
Power consumption (typical)
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:9.17 W
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:3.7 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:4.67 W
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:2.5 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:0 - 70 °C

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Comparison of ST2000NM0045-RF, ST4000VX005
31 specifications	A Seagate Enterprise ST2000NM0045-RF internal hard drive Model ST2000NM0045-RF View product	B Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive Model ST4000VX005 View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	4 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
InterfaceDiffers	SAS	Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	128 MB	256 MB
HDD interface transfer rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
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
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	2000000 h	1000000 h
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Digital video recorder (DVR)
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	< 1 per 10^14 bits read
24/7 operationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600000
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	9.17 W	3.7 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4.67 W	2.5 W
Operating voltageKnown for one	5 / 12 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.25 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.8 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 60 °C	0 - 70 °C
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
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
Weight & dimensions3 differ
DepthDiffers	147 mm	20.2 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	147 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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