Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive vs Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive

20specifications compared
8differ
12identical
8known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive has 2 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive (6 TB vs 4 TB). The Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive has 1.6 W more power consumption (typical) than the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive (5.3 W vs 3.7 W). The Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive has 1.5 W more power consumption (idle) than the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive (4 W vs 2.5 W). Component for: Digital video recorder (DVR) on the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive, NAS on the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive. Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 70 °C on the Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive, 0 - 65 °C on the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:4 TB
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:6 TB
Component for
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:Digital video recorder (DVR)
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:NAS
Power consumption (typical)
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:3.7 W
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:5.3 W
Power consumption (idle)
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:2.5 W
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:4 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:0 - 70 °C
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:0 - 65 °C
Depth
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:20.2 mm
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:147 mm
Height
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:147 mm
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:26.1 mm
Weight
- SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive:490 g
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:630 g

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Comparison of ST4000VX005, ST6000VN006_B2
28 specifications	A Seagate SkyHawk ST4000VX005 internal hard drive Model ST4000VX005 View product	B Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive Model ST6000VN006_B2 View product
Features2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	4 TB	6 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5400 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
Interface	Serial ATA III	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
Component forDiffers	Digital video recorder (DVR)	NAS
Storage drive buffer size	256 MB	256 MB
HDD interface transfer rate	6 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)	< 1 per 10^14 bits read	< 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 operation	Yes	Yes
Start/stop cycles	600000	600000
Noise level (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	26 dB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	1000000 h	1000000 h
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	3.7 W	5.3 W
Power consumption (standby)	0.25 W	0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	2.5 W	4 W
Operating voltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 / 12 V
Start-up current	1.8 A	1.8 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 70 °C	0 - 65 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °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
Weight & dimensions3 differ
Width	101.8 mm	101.8 mm
DepthDiffers	20.2 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	147 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	490 g	630 g

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