Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive

15specifications compared
8differ
7identical
27known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive has 500 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive (5900 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive has 192 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (256 MB vs 64 MB). The Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive has 1.69 W more power consumption (typical) than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive (6.49 W vs 4.8 W). Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 60 °C on the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive, 0 - 65 °C on the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive.

HDD speed
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5900 RPM
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
Storage drive buffer size
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:64 MB
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:256 MB
Power consumption (typical)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:6.49 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:4.8 W
Power consumption (standby)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:0.77 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4.59 W
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:3.96 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:0 - 65 °C
Height
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:26.1 mm
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:20.2 mm
Weight
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:606 g
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:490 g

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Comparison of ST4000NC000-RF, ST4000VN006_B1
42 specifications	A Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive Model ST4000NC000-RF View product	B Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B1 internal hard drive Model ST4000VN006_B1 View product
Features2 differ
HDD capacity	4 TB	4 TB
HDD speedDiffers	5900 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
Interface	Serial ATA III	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	NAS
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	256 MB
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
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600000
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
HDD number of headsKnown for one	8	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read seek timeKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average seek timeKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
SMART technologyKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	4096	Unknown — not stated by the source
RefurbishedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	800000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	6.49 W	4.8 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.77 W	0.5 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4.59 W	3.96 W
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.8 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 60 °C	0 - 65 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
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
Operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-304 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-304 - 12192 m
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	80 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 G
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
Weight & dimensions2 differ
Width	101.8 mm	101.8 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	147 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	20.2 mm
WeightDiffers	606 g	490 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	6 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source

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