Seagate Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive vs Seagate Barracuda ST4000DMA04 internal hard drive

Key differences

• HDD capacity
  • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:3 TB
  • Barracuda ST4000DMA04 internal hard drive:4 TB
• Storage drive buffer size
  • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:64 MB
  • Barracuda ST4000DMA04 internal hard drive:256 MB
• HDD sustained transfer rate
  • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:210 MiB/s
  • Barracuda ST4000DMA04 internal hard drive:190 MiB/s
• HDD number of heads
  • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:6
  • Barracuda ST4000DMA04 internal hard drive:4
• Power consumption (typical)
  • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:8 W
  • Barracuda ST4000DMA04 internal hard drive:5 W
• Power consumption (standby)
  • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:0.75 W
  • Barracuda ST4000DMA04 internal hard drive:0.25 W
• Power consumption (idle)
  • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:5.4 W
  • Barracuda ST4000DMA04 internal hard drive:2.5 W
• Start-up current
  • Barracuda ST3000DMA08 internal hard drive:2.5 A
  • Barracuda ST4000DMA04 internal hard drive:2 A