Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive

16specifications compared
9differ
7identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive has 2 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (6 TB vs 4 TB). The Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive has 500 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive (5900 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_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). Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 60 °C on the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive, 0 - 65 °C on the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4 TB
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:6 TB
HDD speed
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5900 RPM
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
Storage drive buffer size
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:64 MB
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:256 MB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:800000 h
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:1000000 h
Power consumption (typical)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:6.49 W
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:5.3 W
Power consumption (standby)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:0.77 W
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4.59 W
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:4 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive:0 - 65 °C

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Comparison of ST4000NC000-RF, ST6000VN006_B1
38 specifications	A Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive Model ST4000NC000-RF View product	B Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B1 internal hard drive Model ST6000VN006_B1 View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	4 TB	6 TB
HDD speedDiffers	5900 RPM	5400 RPM
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
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	< 1 per 10^14 bits read
Error Recovery Control (ERC)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
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
Noise level (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	26 dB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	800000 h	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
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	6.49 W	5.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.77 W	0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4.59 W	4 W
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
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 & dimensions1 differ
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	147 mm
WeightDiffers	606 g	630 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	6 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source

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