Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive vs Seagate Surveillance HDD, 3TB

19specifications compared
14differ
5identical
13known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:300 GB
- Surveillance HDD, 3TB:3 TB
Interface
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:Fibre Channel
- Surveillance HDD, 3TB:Serial ATA III
Component for
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:Server/workstation
- Surveillance HDD, 3TB:Surveillance system
Storage drive buffer size
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:16 MB
- Surveillance HDD, 3TB:64 MB
Read seek time
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:3.4 ms
- Surveillance HDD, 3TB:8.5 ms
Write seek time
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:3.9 ms
- Surveillance HDD, 3TB:9.5 ms
Bytes per sector
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:512
- Surveillance HDD, 3TB:4096
Power consumption (typical)
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:13.8 W
- Surveillance HDD, 3TB:8 W

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Comparison of ST3300457FC-20PK, Surveillance HDD, 3TB
32 specifications	A Seagate Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive Model ST3300457FC-20PK View product	B Seagate Surveillance HDD, 3TB View product
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	300 GB	3 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	15000 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Fibre Channel	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
Component forDiffers	Server/workstation	Surveillance system
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	16 MB	64 MB
HDD number of cylindersKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of headsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read seek timeDiffers	3.4 ms	8.5 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	3.9 ms	9.5 ms
Average latencyKnown for one	2 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorDiffers	512	4096
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	1600000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300000
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	13.8 W	8 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	8.98 W	5.4 W
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.75 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 55 °C	0 - 70 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating vibrationKnown for one	1 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	3 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockKnown for one	60 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	300 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions3 differ
Width	101.6 mm	101.6 mm
DepthDiffers	146.5 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	25.4 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	671 g	610 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	20 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
Data transfer rateDiffers	4 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s

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