Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN004-20PK internal hard drive vs Seagate SkyHawk ST6000VX0023-20PK internal hard drive

Key differences

HDD capacity
- IronWolf ST2000VN004-20PK internal hard drive:2 TB
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023-20PK internal hard drive:6 TB
HDD speed
- IronWolf ST2000VN004-20PK internal hard drive:5900 RPM
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023-20PK internal hard drive:7200 RPM
Component for
- IronWolf ST2000VN004-20PK internal hard drive:NAS
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023-20PK internal hard drive:Surveillance system
Storage drive buffer size
- IronWolf ST2000VN004-20PK internal hard drive:64 MB
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023-20PK internal hard drive:256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rate
- IronWolf ST2000VN004-20PK internal hard drive:180 MiB/s
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023-20PK internal hard drive:195 MiB/s
Start/stop cycles
- IronWolf ST2000VN004-20PK internal hard drive:600000
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023-20PK internal hard drive:300000
Power consumption (typical)
- IronWolf ST2000VN004-20PK internal hard drive:5 W
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023-20PK internal hard drive:9 W
Power consumption (standby)
- IronWolf ST2000VN004-20PK internal hard drive:0.8 W
- SkyHawk ST6000VX0023-20PK internal hard drive:0.6 W

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Comparison of ST2000VN004-20PK, ST6000VX0023-20PK
25 specifications	A Seagate IronWolf ST2000VN004-20PK internal hard drive Model ST2000VN004-20PK View product	B Seagate SkyHawk ST6000VX0023-20PK internal hard drive Model ST6000VX0023-20PK View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	6 TB
HDD speedDiffers	5900 RPM	7200 RPM
Component forDiffers	NAS	Surveillance system
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	180 MiB/s	195 MiB/s
Start/stop cyclesDiffers	600000	300000
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	5 W	9 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.8 W	0.6 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	3.7 W	7.2 W
Operational conditionsidentical
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
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
WeightDiffers	535 g	705 g

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