Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate SkyHawk ST2000VX008-20PK internal hard drive vs Seagate Barracuda ST8000DM005-20PK internal hard drive

Key differences

HDD capacity
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008-20PK internal hard drive:2 TB
- Barracuda ST8000DM005-20PK internal hard drive:8 TB
HDD speed
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008-20PK internal hard drive:5900 RPM
- Barracuda ST8000DM005-20PK internal hard drive:7200 RPM
Storage drive buffer size
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008-20PK internal hard drive:64 MB
- Barracuda ST8000DM005-20PK internal hard drive:256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rate
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008-20PK internal hard drive:180 MiB/s
- Barracuda ST8000DM005-20PK internal hard drive:220 MiB/s
Power consumption (typical)
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008-20PK internal hard drive:5.6 W
- Barracuda ST8000DM005-20PK internal hard drive:9 W
Power consumption (standby)
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008-20PK internal hard drive:0.5 W
- Barracuda ST8000DM005-20PK internal hard drive:0.6 W
Power consumption (idle)
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008-20PK internal hard drive:4 W
- Barracuda ST8000DM005-20PK internal hard drive:7.2 W
Start-up current
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008-20PK internal hard drive:1.8 A
- Barracuda ST8000DM005-20PK internal hard drive:2 A

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Comparison of ST2000VX008-20PK, ST8000DM005-20PK
25 specifications	A Seagate SkyHawk ST2000VX008-20PK internal hard drive Model ST2000VX008-20PK View product	B Seagate Barracuda ST8000DM005-20PK internal hard drive Model ST8000DM005-20PK View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	8 TB
HDD speedDiffers	5900 RPM	7200 RPM
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	180 MiB/s	220 MiB/s
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	300000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	1000000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4096
Power4 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	5.6 W	9 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.5 W	0.6 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4 W	7.2 W
Start-up currentDiffers	1.8 A	2 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 70 °C	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	610 g	780 g
Packaging contentidentical
Storage drive adapter includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RoHS

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