Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive vs Seagate SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive

14specifications compared
12differ
2identical
13known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive has 1" more HDD size than the Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive (3.5" vs 2.5"). The Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive has 0.4 W more power consumption (typical) than the Seagate SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive (8.4 W vs 8 W). The Seagate SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive has 31.7 mm more width than the Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive (101.8 mm vs 70.1 mm). HDD capacity: 300 GB on the Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive, 5 TB on the Seagate SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive. Interface: SAS on the Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive, Serial ATA III on the Seagate SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:300 GB
- SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive:5 TB
HDD size
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:2.5"
- SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive:3.5"
Interface
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:SAS
- SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Type
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:Hybrid-HDD
- SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive:HDD
Power consumption (typical)
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:8.4 W
- SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive:8 W
Operating voltage
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:5 V
- SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive:5 / 12 V
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:5 - 55 °C
- SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C
Width
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:70.1 mm
- SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive:101.8 mm

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Comparison of ST300MX0042-30PK, ST5000VX0001-20PK
27 specifications	A Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive Model ST300MX0042-30PK View product	B Seagate SV35 Series ST5000VX0001-20PK internal hard drive Model ST5000VX0001-20PK View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	300 GB	5 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	15000 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	SAS	Serial ATA III
TypeDiffers	Hybrid-HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer size	128 MB	128 MB
Hybrid-HDD cache memoryKnown for one	32 GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	12 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	246 MiB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of headsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyKnown for one	2 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Surveillance system
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4096
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8.4 W	8 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	4.8 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating voltageDiffers	5 V	5 / 12 V
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.5 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.8 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 55 °C	5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	70.1 mm	101.8 mm
DepthDiffers	100.5 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	15 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	225 g	780 g
Packaging data1 differ
Quantity per packDiffers	30 pc(s)	20 pc(s)

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