Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive vs Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive

16specifications compared
11differ
5identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive has 248 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive (256 MB vs 8 MB). The Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive has 550,000 more start/stop cycles than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive (600000 vs 50000). HDD capacity: 2 TB on the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive, 250 GB on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive. Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 65 °C on the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive, 0 - 60 °C on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:2 TB
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:250 GB
HDD speed
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:7200 RPM
Storage drive buffer size
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:256 MB
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:8 MB
Start/stop cycles
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:600000
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:50000
Start-up current
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:1.8 A
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:2.6 A
Operating temperature (T-T)
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:0 - 65 °C
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:0 - 60 °C
Operating shock
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:80 G
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:63 G
Non-operating shock
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:300 G
- Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive:350 G

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Comparison of ST2000VN003_B3, ST3250824A-RF
40 specifications	A Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive Model ST2000VN003_B3 View product	B Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250824A-RF internal hard drive Model ST3250824A-RF View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	250 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
InterfaceKnown for one	Serial ATA III	Unknown — not stated by the source
Component forKnown for one	NAS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	256 MB	8 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 cyclesDiffers	600000	50000
Noise level (idle)Known for one	21 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	1000000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of cylindersKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16383
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	11 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 ms
Average latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.16 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512
RefurbishedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	3.1 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	0.25 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	2.8 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start-up currentDiffers	1.8 A	2.6 A
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 65 °C	0 - 60 °C
Operating shockDiffers	80 G	63 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	300 G	350 G
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%
Operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-60.96 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-60.96 - 12192 m
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	101.8 mm	101.6 mm
HeightDiffers	20.2 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	415 g	580 g
Other featuresidentical
Compatible productsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PCs

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