Verdict

These are closely matched NAS drives of the same capacity - decide on price and warranty. Check the live $/TB above.

HAT5300-12T
Synology Enterprise Series · 12TB · Enterprise
No CA price yet
ST12000VE003
Seagate SkyHawk AI · 12TB · Surveillance
C$786 (C$65.52/TB)

Value at a glance

Capacity
HAT5300-12T 12 TB
ST12000VE003 12 TB

Price history

CA · cheapest per day

ST12000VE003 C$786
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C$797 C$792 C$786 Jul 28 Aug 2 Aug 8 Aug 13 Aug 19 Aug 25
HAT5300-12T ST12000VE003
Capacity 12 TB 12 TB
Recording tech CMR CMR
RAID / NAS safe Yes Yes
Class Enterprise Surveillance
Spindle speed 7200 RPM 7200 RPM
Cache 256 MB 512 MB
Noise (idle) - -
Fill Helium Helium
Interface SATA SATA
Failure rate (AFR) - -
Price / TB - $38.33
Buy No CA price yet
C$786
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Highlighted cells mark the stronger spec for a NAS build. Failure rates from Backblaze Drive Stats where available; $/TB uses the cheapest live price. Buy links are Amazon affiliate.

HAT5300-12T

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

5yr warranty · 550 TB/yr rated · 2,500,000h MTBF

ST12000VE003

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

5yr warranty · 550 TB/yr rated · 2,000,000h MTBF