Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive vs Seagate Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive

16specifications compared
15differ
1identical
18known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive has 9,600 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive (15000 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive has 1" more HDD size than the Seagate Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive (3.5" vs 2.5"). The Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive has 128 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive (256 MB vs 128 MB). HDD capacity: 6 TB on the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive, 600 GB on the Seagate Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive. Interface: Serial ATA III on the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive, SAS on the Seagate Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:6 TB
- Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive:600 GB
HDD speed
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
- Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive:15000 RPM
HDD size
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:3.5"
- Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive:2.5"
Interface
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
- Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive:SAS
Type
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:HDD
- Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive:Hybrid-HDD
Storage drive buffer size
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:256 MB
- Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive:128 MB
HDD interface transfer rate
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:6 Gbit/s
- Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive:12 Gbit/s
Power consumption (typical)
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive:5.3 W
- Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive:8.7 W

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Comparison of ST6000VN006_B3, ST600MP0005-RF
34 specifications	A Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B3 internal hard drive Model ST6000VN006_B3 View product	B Seagate Enterprise ST600MP0005-RF internal hard drive Model ST600MP0005-RF View product
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	6 TB	600 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	15000 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	SAS
TypeDiffers	HDD	Hybrid-HDD
Component forKnown for one	NAS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	256 MB	128 MB
HDD interface transfer rateDiffers	6 Gbit/s	12 Gbit/s
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)Known for one	< 1 per 10^14 bits read	Unknown — not stated by the source
Error Recovery Control (ERC)Known for one	Yes	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
Noise level (idle)Known for one	26 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	1000000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Hybrid-HDD cache memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	32 GB
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	233 MiB/s
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6
Average latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 ms
RefurbishedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	5.3 W	8.7 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	0.25 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4 W	5.3 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 / 12 V	5 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	1.8 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 65 °C	5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating shockKnown for one	80 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	300 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.8 mm	70.1 mm
DepthDiffers	147 mm	100.5 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	15 mm
WeightDiffers	630 g	230 g
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84717050

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