Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive vs Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive

17specifications compared
15differ
2identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive has 4,600 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive (10000 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive has 1" more HDD size than the Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive (3.5" vs 2.5"). The Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive has 240 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive (256 MB vs 16 MB). HDD capacity: 2 TB on the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive, 600 GB on the Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive. Interface: Serial ATA III on the Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive, SAS on the Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:2 TB
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:600 GB
HDD speed
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:10000 RPM
HDD size
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:3.5"
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:2.5"
Interface
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:SAS
Storage drive buffer size
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:256 MB
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:16 MB
Power consumption (typical)
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:3.1 W
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:4.6 W
Operating voltage
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:5 / 12 V
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:5 V
Start-up current
- IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive:1.8 A
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:0.78 A

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Comparison of ST2000VN003_B3, ST9600204FC-RF
41 specifications	A Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN003_B3 internal hard drive Model ST2000VN003_B3 View product	B Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive Model ST9600204FC-RF View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	600 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	10000 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	SAS
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	256 MB	16 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.89 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.54 ms
Average latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 ms
RefurbishedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Component forKnown for one	NAS	Unknown — not stated by the source
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)Known for one	1000000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	3.1 W	4.6 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 / 12 V	5 V
Start-up currentDiffers	1.8 A	0.78 A
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
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 65 °C	5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.5 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 G
Operating shockDiffers	80 G	40 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	300 G	400 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.8 mm	70 mm
DepthDiffers	147 mm	100.2 mm
HeightDiffers	20.2 mm	14.8 mm
WeightDiffers	415 g	208 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4 Gbit/s
Disks included quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 pc(s)
Fibre ChannelKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
InternalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Dimensions (W x D x H) (imperial)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	69.8 x 100.2 x 14.8 mm (2.75 x 3.94 x 0.583")
Weight (imperial)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.227 kg (0.5 lbs)

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