Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive vs Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive

18specifications compared
12differ
6identical
12known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive has 24 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive (28 TB vs 4 TB). The Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive has 256 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive (512 MB vs 256 MB). The Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive has 1,500,000 h more mean time between failures (MTBF) than the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive (2500000 h vs 1000000 h). Component for: NAS on the Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive, Digital video recorder (DVR) on the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive. Operating temperature (T-T): 10 - 60 °C on the Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive, 0 - 70 °C on the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:28 TB
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:4 TB
Component for
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:NAS
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:Digital video recorder (DVR)
Storage drive buffer size
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:512 MB
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:256 MB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:2500000 h
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:1000000 h
Power consumption (typical)
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:8.3 W
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:3.7 W
Power consumption (standby)
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:1.2 W
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:6.8 W
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:2.5 W
Start-up current
- IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive:2 A
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:1.8 A

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Comparison of ST28000NT000, ST4000VX005
30 specifications	A Seagate IronWolf Pro ST28000NT000 internal hard drive Model ST28000NT000 View product	B Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive Model ST4000VX005 View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	28 TB	4 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Component forDiffers	NAS	Digital video recorder (DVR)
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	512 MB	256 MB
HDD average transfer rateKnown for one	270 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Workload rate limitKnown for one	550 TB/year	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	2500000 h	1000000 h
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	< 1 per 10^14 bits read
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600000
Power4 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8.3 W	3.7 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	1.2 W	0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	6.8 W	2.5 W
Operating voltageKnown for one	5 / 12 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start-up currentDiffers	2 A	1.8 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	10 - 60 °C	0 - 70 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	2.27 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockKnown for one	30 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	200 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions3 differ
DepthDiffers	147 mm	20.2 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	147 mm
WeightDiffers	695 g	490 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Warranty periodKnown for one	5 year(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source

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