Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive vs Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive

18specifications compared
12differ
6identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive has 2 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive (6 TB vs 4 TB). The Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive has 6 Gbit/s more HDD interface transfer rate than the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive (12 Gbit/s vs 6 Gbit/s). Interface: Serial ATA III on the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive, SAS on the Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive. Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 65 °C on the Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive, 5 - 60 °C on the Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:4 TB
- Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:6 TB
HDD speed
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
- Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:7200 RPM
Interface
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
- Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:SAS
HDD interface transfer rate
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:6 Gbit/s
- Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:12 Gbit/s
Power consumption (typical)
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:4.8 W
- Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:11.1 W
Power consumption (idle)
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:3.96 W
- Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:6.9 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:0 - 65 °C
- Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C
Non-operating vibration
- IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:3 G
- Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive:5 G

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Comparison of ST4000VN006_B2, ST6000NM0105-RF
35 specifications	A Seagate IronWolf ST4000VN006_B2 internal hard drive Model ST4000VN006_B2 View product	B Seagate Enterprise ST6000NM0105-RF internal hard drive Model ST6000NM0105-RF View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	4 TB	6 TB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	SAS
Component forKnown for one	NAS	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD interface transfer rateDiffers	6 Gbit/s	12 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	202 MiB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rotational Vibration (RV) sensorsKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
24/7 operationKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	600000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Workload rate limitKnown for one	180 TB/year	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time to failure (MTTF)Known for one	1000000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.16 ms
RefurbishedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2000000 h
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	4.8 W	11.1 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	0.5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Differs	3.96 W	6.9 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	1.8 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions4 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 65 °C	5 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating vibrationKnown for one	0.25 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating vibrationDiffers	3 G	5 G
Operating altitudeKnown for one	-304 - 3048 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	-304 - 12192 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockDiffers	80 G	70 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	300 G	250 G
Weight & dimensions2 differ
HeightDiffers	20.2 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	490 g	700 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 pc(s)

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