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Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive

20specifications compared
15differ
5identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive has 248 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (256 MB vs 8 MB). The Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive has 550,000 more start/stop cycles than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (600000 vs 50000). HDD capacity: 250 GB on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive, 4 TB on the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive. Interface: Serial ATA II on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive, Serial ATA III on the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:250 GB
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:4 TB
HDD speed
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:7200 RPM
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
Interface
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:Serial ATA II
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer size
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:8 MB
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:256 MB
Start/stop cycles
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:50000
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:600000
Power consumption (idle)
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:5.3 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:3.96 W
Start-up current
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:2 A
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:1.8 A
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:0 - 60 °C
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:0 - 65 °C

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Comparison of ST3250310AS-RF, ST4000VN006_B3
42 specifications	A Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive Model ST3250310AS-RF View product	B Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B3 internal hard drive Model ST4000VN006_B3 View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	250 GB	4 TB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA II	Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	8 MB	256 MB
Read seek timeKnown for one	8.5 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one	10 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyKnown for one	4.16 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
RefurbishedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesDiffers	50000	600000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	700000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	NAS
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	202 MiB/s
Rotational Vibration (RV) sensorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
24/7 operationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Workload rate limitKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	180 TB/year
Mean time to failure (MTTF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
Power2 differ
Power consumption (idle)Differs	5.3 W	3.96 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one	8.5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (write)Known for one	8.5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start-up currentDiffers	2 A	1.8 A
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.8 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.5 W
Operational conditions5 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	0 - 65 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 95%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating altitudeDiffers	-60.96 - 3048 m	-304 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeDiffers	-60.96 - 12192 m	-304 - 12192 m
Operating shockDiffers	63 G	80 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	350 G	300 G
Operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.25 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 G
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
HeightDiffers	20 mm	20.2 mm
WeightDiffers	365 g	490 g
Other featuresidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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