NAS Drive Price & Reliability Report
September 2026 · CA prices · 172 drives tracked
Updated September 17, 2026 · refreshed automatically every day.
Auto-generated from our live catalogue: real failure rates from Backblaze thru Q2 2026, and Amazon prices refreshed daily. This page updates itself, so it is always the current snapshot.
The storage price crunch, in data
Since Aug 24, the typical NAS hard drive has gone from $31/TB to $62/TB - up 100%. Prices sat flat for over a year, then roughly doubled as the AI datacenter buildout swallowed hard-drive supply.
Monthly median $/TB across CA NAS hard drives (8TB and up), from our daily price history - 34 drives in the latest month.
1.41% avg AFR across all Backblaze-tracked models.
156 CMR (RAID-safe) · 16 SMR (avoid in arrays).
12 capacity tiers with a live CA price.
Best value ($/TB) by capacity
| TB | Cheapest drive | Tech | $/TB | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | ST24000NT002 Seagate IronWolf Pro | CMR | $36.20 | C$1,190 |
| 22 | ST22000NM001E Seagate Exos X22 | CMR | $36.20 | C$1,091 |
| 20 | ST20000NT001 Seagate IronWolf Pro | CMR | $36.32 | C$995 |
| 18 | MG09ACA18TE Toshiba MG09 | CMR | $21.80 | C$538 |
| 16 | ST16000NT001 Seagate IronWolf Pro | CMR | $34.22 | C$750 |
| 14 | MG07SCA14TE Toshiba MG07 | CMR | $41.38 | C$794 |
| 12 | ST12000VN0008 Seagate IronWolf | CMR | $36.20 | C$595 |
| 10 | ST10000VN000 Seagate IronWolf | CMR | $43.73 | C$599 |
| 8 | HUS728T8TALE6L4 WD Ultrastar DC HC320 | CMR | $31.49 | C$345 |
| 6 | ST6000DM003 Seagate BarraCuda | SMR | $41.37 | C$340 |
| 4 | ST4000VX016 Seagate SkyHawk | CMR | $35.15 | C$193 |
| 2 | WD20EZAZ WD Blue | SMR | $76.47 | C$210 |
Most reliable (lowest AFR)
| Drive | AFR | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| WUH722222ALE6L4 22TB | 0.47% | 45,556 |
| MG11ACA24TE 24TB | 0.50% | 9,597 |
| ST16000NM001G 16TB | 0.55% | 34,998 |
| ST16000NM000J 16TB | 0.72% | 463 |
| WUH721414ALE6L4 14TB | 0.78% | 8,548 |
Highest AFR (watch list)
| Drive | AFR | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| HUH721212ALE604 12TB | 3.27% | 25,045 |
| ST24000NM002H 24TB | 3.04% | 9,482 |
| MG08ACA16Tx 16TB | 1.41% | 50,539 |
| MG09ACA16TE 16TB | 1.30% | 893 |
| MG07ACA14TE 14TB | 1.29% | 37,907 |
Biggest price drops (CA)
| Drive | Was | Now | Drop |
|---|---|---|---|
| ST4000VN006 4TB | C$305 | C$265 | -13% |
| WD40EFPX 4TB | C$380 | C$350 | -8% |
| SB-RKT5-2TB 2TB | C$704 | C$518 | -26% |
| WDS200T1X0M 2TB | C$602 | C$530 | -12% |
| WDS200T3X0E 2TB | C$804 | C$647 | -20% |
| CT1000T705SSD3 1TB | C$410 | C$380 | -7% |
| MZ-V9P1T0 1TB | C$410 | C$380 | -7% |
See the live deals feed for the full list.
Method
Failure rates are recomputed from Backblaze's Drive Stats (drive-days and failures) - source: Backblaze thru Q2 2026 - not vendor MTBF numbers; models Backblaze does not track use the manufacturer's series spec. Prices are the cheapest in-stock new Amazon offer per drive in CA, refreshed daily, with $/TB in USD for cross-currency ranking. Explore it all in the full filterable table.