Verdict

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

HAT5310-16T
Synology Enterprise Series · 16TB · Enterprise
No CA price yet
ST16000NM001G
Seagate Exos X16 · 16TB · Enterprise
No CA price yet

Value at a glance

Capacity
HAT5310-16T 16 TB
ST16000NM001G 16 TB

Price history

CA · cheapest per day

ST16000NM001G C$1,029
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C$1,106 C$962 C$818 Jun 30 Jul 2 Jul 4 Jul 6 Jul 8 Jul 10
HAT5310-16T ST16000NM001G
Capacity 16 TB 16 TB
Recording tech CMR CMR
RAID / NAS safe Yes Yes
Class Enterprise Enterprise
Spindle speed 7200 RPM 7200 RPM
Cache 512 MB 256 MB
Noise (idle) - 29 dB
Fill Helium Helium
Interface SATA SATA
Failure rate (AFR) - 0.55%
Price / TB - $44.70
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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.

HAT5310-16T

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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

ST16000NM001G

0.55% AFR vs 1.41% fleet avg

95% CI 0.49-0.62%

34,998 drives · ~51,074 drive-years · 283 failures · Backblaze thru Q2 2026

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