Seagate

Seagate BarraCuda 2.5" 2TB

LaptopSMR5,400 RPM128 MB cache

The Seagate BarraCuda 2.5" 2TB costs $199.00 right now, or $99.50/TB. The 5TB is cheaper per terabyte at $44.00/TB.

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Seagate BarraCuda 2.5" 2TB hard drive

Where to buy the Seagate BarraCuda 2.5" 2TB

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  • Amazon
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Specifications

Drive

Capacity
2TB
Form factor
2.5"
Spindle speed
5,400 RPM
Recording
SMR
Cache
128 MB

Shingled recording: sustained writes and RAID rebuilds can slow sharply. Avoid for NAS arrays.

Rated for

Use class
Laptop
Warranty
2 years

Noise and power

Idle noise
22 dB
Seek noise
24 dB
Idle power
0.5 W
Operating power
1.7 W

Identity

Part number
ST2000LM015

Quality score

How we score →

Scored from recording type (CMR or SMR), workload rating, warranty, measured failure rate where Backblaze covers the model, spindle speed, MTBF and cache. Use class and size filter; they never score.

10/ 100 among hard drivesValue 9.5 for the price
Partial confidence · 60% of specs known

Value weighs the score against the price, compared with other 2TB hard drives: this drive costs $99.50/TB against a typical $89.25/TB. At a typical price, value equals the score. Cheaper raises it and dearer lowers it, but price counts for less than quality.

Recording (CMR/SMR)0/30known
Workload rating0/20unknown
Warranty3/15known
Field failure rate0/15unknown
Spindle speed5/10known
MTBF0/5unknown
Cache2/5known

A factor we hold no value for scores zero rather than being skipped, so a drive we know little about never outranks a fully documented one. A low score with low confidence means undocumented, not bad. This is a specification index, not a benchmark, and it only compares hard drives with each other.

See every capacity of the Seagate BarraCuda 2.5" on one page, or compare it with every other drive on the Hard Drives table. For what a hard drive gives up against an SSD, see SSD vs HDD.

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