Verdict

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

MG10ACA20TE
Toshiba MG10 · 20TB · Enterprise
$800 ($40.00/TB)
ST20000VE002
Seagate SkyHawk AI · 20TB · Surveillance
$1,099 ($54.93/TB)

Value at a glance

Price / TB
MG10ACA20TE $40.00
ST20000VE002 $28.73
Capacity
MG10ACA20TE 20 TB
ST20000VE002 20 TB

Price history

US · cheapest per day

MG10ACA20TE $800 ST20000VE002 $1,099
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$1,132 $723 $315 Sep 2024 Jan 2025 Jun 2025 Nov 2025 Mar 2026 Aug 2026
MG10ACA20TE ST20000VE002
Capacity 20 TB 20 TB
Recording tech CMR CMR
RAID / NAS safe Yes Yes
Class Enterprise Surveillance
Spindle speed 7200 RPM 7200 RPM
Cache 512 MB 512 MB
Noise (idle) 20 dB -
Fill Helium Helium
Interface SATA SATA
Failure rate (AFR) 0.78% -
Price / TB $40.00 $28.73
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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.

MG10ACA20TE

0.78% AFR vs 1.41% fleet avg

95% CI 0.67-0.90%

25,171 drives · ~23,814 drive-years · 186 failures · Backblaze thru Q2 2026

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

ST20000VE002

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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