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Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive

25specifications compared
16differ
9identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive has 1" more HDD size than the Seagate Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive (3.5" vs 2.5"). The Seagate Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive has 56 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive (64 MB vs 8 MB). The Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive has 1 ms more read seek time than the Seagate Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive (8.5 ms vs 7.5 ms). HDD capacity: 250 GB on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive, 1 TB on the Seagate Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive. Interface: Serial ATA II on the Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive, SAS on the Seagate Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:250 GB
- Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive:1 TB
HDD size
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:3.5"
- Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive:2.5"
Interface
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:Serial ATA II
- Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive:SAS
Storage drive buffer size
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:8 MB
- Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive:64 MB
Read seek time
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:8.5 ms
- Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive:7.5 ms
Write seek time
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:10 ms
- Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive:8.5 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:700000 h
- Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive:1400000 h
Operating voltage
- Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive:5 / 12 V
- Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive:5 V

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Comparison of ST3250310AS-RF, ST91000642SS-RF
39 specifications	A Seagate Desktop HDD ST3250310AS-RF internal hard drive Model ST3250310AS-RF View product	B Seagate Constellation ST91000642SS-RF internal hard drive Model ST91000642SS-RF View product
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	250 GB	1 TB
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA II	SAS
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	8 MB	64 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Read seek timeDiffers	8.5 ms	7.5 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	10 ms	8.5 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	700000 h	1400000 h
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	50000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6.35 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 / 12 V	5 V
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	5.3 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Operational conditions4 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	5 - 60 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	5 - 90%	5 - 95%
Operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.5 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 G
Operating shockDiffers	63 G	70 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	350 G	400 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	69.8 mm
DepthDiffers	147 mm	100 mm
HeightDiffers	20 mm	15 mm
WeightDiffers	365 g	200 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.69 Gbit/s
InternalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
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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