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Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive

18specifications compared
11differ
7identical
18known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF 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 Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive has 1,300,000 h more mean time between failures (MTBF) than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (2000000 h vs 700000 h). The Seagate Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive has 3.7 W more power consumption (idle) than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (9 W vs 5.3 W). HDD capacity: 250 GB on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive, 8 TB on the Seagate Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive. Interface: Serial ATA II on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive, Serial ATA on the Seagate Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:250 GB
- Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:8 TB
Interface
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:Serial ATA II
- Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:Serial ATA
Storage drive buffer size
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:8 MB
- Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:256 MB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:700000 h
- Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:2000000 h
Power consumption (idle)
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:5.3 W
- Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:9 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:0 - 60 °C
- Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C
Operating shock
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:63 G
- Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:70 G
Non-operating shock
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:350 G
- Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:300 G

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Comparison of ST3250310AS-RF, ST8000NM0105-RF
36 specifications	A Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive Model ST3250310AS-RF View product	B Seagate Enterprise ST8000NM0105-RF internal hard drive Model ST8000NM0105-RF View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	250 GB	8 TB
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA II	Serial ATA
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
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	50000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	700000 h	2000000 h
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	237 MiB/s
Power1 differ
Power consumption (idle)Differs	5.3 W	9 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 currentKnown for one	2 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 W
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
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 altitudeKnown for one	-60.96 - 3048 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	-60.96 - 12192 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockDiffers	63 G	70 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	350 G	300 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 G
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
HeightDiffers	20 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	365 g	780 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
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 pc(s)

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