Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive vs Seagate Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive

26specifications compared
16differ
10identical
5known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive has 1" more HDD size than the Seagate Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive (3.5" vs 2.5"). The Seagate Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive has 48 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive (64 MB vs 16 MB). The Seagate Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive has 0.8 ms more read seek time than the Seagate Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive (3.4 ms vs 2.6 ms). Interface: Fibre Channel on the Seagate Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive, SAS on the Seagate Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive. Operating voltage: 5 / 12 V on the Seagate Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive, 5 V on the Seagate Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive.

HDD size
- Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive:3.5"
- Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive:2.5"
Interface
- Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive:Fibre Channel
- Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive:SAS
Storage drive buffer size
- Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive:16 MB
- Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive:64 MB
Read seek time
- Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive:3.4 ms
- Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive:2.6 ms
Write seek time
- Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive:3.9 ms
- Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive:3.1 ms
Power consumption (typical)
- Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive:13.8 W
- Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive:7.92 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive:8.98 W
- Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive:4.23 W
Operating voltage
- Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive:5 / 12 V
- Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive:5 V

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Comparison of ST3300657FC-20PK, ST9300653SS-30PK
31 specifications	A Seagate Cheetah ST3300657FC-20PK internal hard drive Model ST3300657FC-20PK View product	B Seagate Savvio ST9300653SS-30PK internal hard drive Model ST9300653SS-30PK View product
Features5 differ
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Fibre Channel	SAS
Component forKnown for one	Server/workstation	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	16 MB	64 MB
HDD number of cylindersKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read seek timeDiffers	3.4 ms	2.6 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	3.9 ms	3.1 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	1600000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	13.8 W	7.92 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	8.98 W	4.23 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 / 12 V	5 V
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating vibrationDiffers	1 G	0.5 G
Non-operating vibrationDiffers	3 G	2.4 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	70.1 mm
DepthDiffers	146.5 mm	100.5 mm
HeightDiffers	25.4 mm	15 mm
WeightDiffers	671 g	200 g
Packaging data1 differ
Quantity per packDiffers	20 pc(s)	30 pc(s)
Other features1 differ
Data transfer rateDiffers	4 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
Packaging contentidentical
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Quick start guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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