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Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y250P0 8MB 250GB vs. Seagate Barracuda ST4000DM004 256MB 4TB + 9
Noise level
27 - 35 dB
22 - 27 dB
23 - 27 dB
23 - 24 dB
26 - 28 dB
22 - 26 dB
23 - 26 dB
25 - 28 dB
27 - 28 dB
25 - 28 dB
22 - 27 dB
Connection
IDE
S-ATA
S-ATA
S-ATA
S-ATA
S-ATA
S-ATA
S-ATA
S-ATA
S-ATA
S-ATA
Interface
ATA 133
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
Dimensions (WxHxD)
Depth
146.99 mm
147 mm
147 mm
146.99 mm
100.35 mm
146.99 mm
147 mm
147 mm
147 mm
146.99 mm
Height
20.17 mm
26.1 mm
26.1 mm
20.2 mm
7 mm
26.11 mm
26.1 mm
26.1 mm
26.1 mm
26.1 mm
Width
101.6 mm
101.6 mm
101.6 mm
101.85 mm
69.85 mm
101.85 mm
101.6 mm
101.6 mm
101.6 mm
101.8 mm
Form factor
3.5 inches
3.5 inches
3.5 inches
3.5 inches
3.5 inches
2.5 inches
3.5 inches
3.5 inches
3.5 inches
3.5 inches
3.5 inches
Features
ERC (Error Recovery Control), NAS-optimized
ERC (Error Recovery Control), NAS-optimized
ERC (Error Recovery Control), NAS-optimized
ERC (Error Recovery Control), NAS-optimized
NAS-optimized
NAS-optimized
Cache size
8 MB
256 MB
64 MB
64 MB
256 MB
128 MB
64 MB
64 MB
64 MB
64 MB
256 MB
Hybrid disk (SSHD)
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
Recording technology
SMR
CMR
CMR
SMR
CMR
CMR
CMR
SMR
SMR
Release year
2004
2017
2013
2012
2017
2016
2016
2014
2017
2015
2016
Operational Power Consumption (min-max)
0.25 - 3.7 W
3.3 - 4.5 W
2.7 - 4.1 W
3.9 - 5.1 W
0.5 - 1.8 W
3.95 - 4.8 W
3.4 - 5.3 W
6.4 W
3.4 - 5.3 W
3.4 - 5.3 W
Power consumption (standby)
0.25 W
0.4 W
0.4 W
0.3 W
0.13 W
0.5 W
0.4 W
5.2 W
0.4 W
0.8 W
Advanced Format (AF)
512e
512e
512e
4Kn
4Kn
512e
512e
512e
4Kn
Internal transfer rate
190 MB/s
150 MB/s
147 MB/s
220 MB/s
140 MB/s
263.38 MB/s
175 MB/s
150 MB/s
190 MB/s
Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
1000000 h
1000000 h
1000000 h
1000000 h
1000000 h
1000000 h
1000000 h
Number of disks (platters)
3 ​
2 ​
4 ​
3 ​
1 ​
2 ​
3 ​
5 ​
3 ​
4 ​
4 ​
Rotational speed
7200 RPM
5400 RPM
5400 RPM
5400 RPM
7200 RPM
5400 RPM
5900 RPM
5400 RPM
7200 RPM
5400 RPM
5400 RPM
Storage capacity
0.25 TB
4 TB
4 TB
3 TB
2 TB
2 TB
4 TB
6 TB
3 TB
4 TB
8 TB
Price/TB
260 £/TB
19 £/TB
22.5 £/TB
25 £/TB
22.5 £/TB
35.5 £/TB
23.5 £/TB
24.17 £/TB
19.67 £/TB
18.25 £/TB
18.13 £/TB
Unrecoverable Read Error (URE)
1 per 10^14
1 per 10^14
1 per 10^14
1 per 10^15
1 per 10^14
1 per 10^14
1 per 10^14
1 per 10^14
1 per 10^14
1 per 10^15