Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive vs Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive

16specifications compared
10differ
6identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive has 2 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive (4 TB vs 2 TB). The Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive has 500 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive (5900 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive has 192 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (256 MB vs 64 MB). Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 65 °C on the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive, 5 - 60 °C on the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive:2 TB
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4 TB
HDD speed
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5900 RPM
Storage drive buffer size
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive:256 MB
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:64 MB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive:1000000 h
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:800000 h
Power consumption (typical)
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive:3.1 W
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:6.49 W
Power consumption (standby)
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive:0.25 W
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:0.77 W
Power consumption (idle)
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive:2.8 W
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4.59 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive:0 - 65 °C
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C

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Comparison of ST2000VN003_B1, ST4000NC000-RF
38 specifications	A Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B1 internal hard drive Model ST2000VN003_B1 View product	B Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive Model ST4000NC000-RF View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	4 TB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	5900 RPM
Component forKnown for one	NAS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	256 MB	64 MB
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	6 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)Known for one	< 1 per 10^14 bits read	Unknown — not stated by the source
Error Recovery Control (ERC)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rotational Vibration (RV) sensorsKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
24/7 operationKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	600000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Noise level (idle)Known for one	21 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	1000000 h	800000 h
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 ms
Average seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 ms
SMART technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4096
RefurbishedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	3.1 W	6.49 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.25 W	0.77 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	2.8 W	4.59 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	1.8 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 65 °C	5 - 60 °C
Operating shockKnown for one	80 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	300 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Weight & dimensions2 differ
DepthKnown for one	147 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightDiffers	20.2 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	415 g	606 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s

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