Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive vs Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive

16specifications compared
15differ
1identical
10known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive has 7,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive (15000 RPM vs 7200 RPM). The Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK 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 6 Gbit/s more HDD interface transfer rate than the Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive (12 Gbit/s vs 6 Gbit/s). HDD capacity: 300 GB on the Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive, 6 TB on the Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive. Interface: SAS on the Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive, Serial ATA III on the Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:300 GB
- Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive:6 TB
HDD speed
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:15000 RPM
- Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive:7200 RPM
HDD size
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:2.5"
- Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive:3.5"
Interface
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:SAS
- Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Type
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:Hybrid-HDD
- Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive:HDD
HDD interface transfer rate
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:12 Gbit/s
- Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive:6 Gbit/s
Average latency
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:2 ms
- Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive:4.16 ms
Power consumption (idle)
- Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive:4.8 W
- Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive:8 W

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Comparison of ST300MX0042-30PK, ST6000NM0124-20PK
26 specifications	A Seagate Enterprise ST300MX0042-30PK internal hard drive Model ST300MX0042-30PK View product	B Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0124-20PK internal hard drive Model ST6000NM0124-20PK View product
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	300 GB	6 TB
HDD speedDiffers	15000 RPM	7200 RPM
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 rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
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 latencyDiffers	2 ms	4.16 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2000000 h
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	8.4 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4.8 W	8 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 V	5 / 12 V
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 55 °C	5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 G
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	250 G
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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