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 ES price yet
ST12000NM0008
Seagate Exos X14 · 12TB · Enterprise
No ES price yet

Value at a glance

Capacity
HAT5300-12T 12 TB
ST12000NM0008 12 TB

Price history

ES · cheapest per day

HAT5300-12T €919
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€919 Aug 3 Aug 3 Aug 4 Aug 5 Aug 6 Aug 7
HAT5300-12T ST12000NM0008
Capacity 12 TB 12 TB
Recording tech CMR CMR
RAID / NAS safe Yes Yes
Class Enterprise Enterprise
Spindle speed 7200 RPM 7200 RPM
Cache 256 MB 256 MB
Noise (idle) - -
Fill Helium Helium
Interface SATA SATA
Failure rate (AFR) - 2.63%
Price / TB - -
Buy No ES price yet No ES price yet

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

ST12000NM0008

2.63% AFR vs 1.34% fleet avg

95% CI 2.42-2.84%

18,650 drives · ~23,402 drive-years · 615 failures · Backblaze thru Q1 2026