Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive vs Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive

18specifications compared
15differ
3identical
20known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive has 4,100 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (10000 RPM vs 5900 RPM). The Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive has 1" more HDD size than the Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive (3.5" vs 2.5"). The Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive has 48 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive (64 MB vs 16 MB). HDD capacity: 4 TB on the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive, 600 GB on the Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive. Interface: Serial ATA III on the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive, SAS on the Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4 TB
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:600 GB
HDD speed
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5900 RPM
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:10000 RPM
HDD size
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:3.5"
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:2.5"
Interface
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:SAS
Storage drive buffer size
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:64 MB
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:16 MB
HDD number of heads
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:8
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:6
Read seek time
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:12 ms
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:3.89 ms
Write seek time
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:12 ms
- Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive:4.54 ms

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Comparison of ST4000NC000-RF, ST9600204FC-RF
38 specifications	A Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive Model ST4000NC000-RF View product	B Seagate Savvio ST9600204FC-RF internal hard drive Model ST9600204FC-RF View product
Features8 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	4 TB	600 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5900 RPM	10000 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	SAS
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	16 MB
HDD number of headsDiffers	8	6
Read seek timeDiffers	12 ms	3.89 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	12 ms	4.54 ms
Average latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 ms
Refurbished	Yes	Yes
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
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	800000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	6.49 W	4.6 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 / 12 V	5 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.78 A
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	0.77 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	4.59 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 60 °C	5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
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 shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	400 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 & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	101.8 mm	70 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100.2 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	14.8 mm
WeightDiffers	606 g	208 g
Other features1 differ
Data transfer rateDiffers	6 Gbit/s	4 Gbit/s
Disks included quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 pc(s)
Fibre ChannelKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
InternalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Dimensions (W x D x H) (imperial)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	69.8 x 100.2 x 14.8 mm (2.75 x 3.94 x 0.583")
Weight (imperial)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.227 kg (0.5 lbs)

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