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
ST12000NM001G
Seagate Exos X16 · 12TB · Enterprise
€848 (€70.68/TB)

Value at a glance

Capacity
HAT5300-12T 12 TB
ST12000NM001G 12 TB

Price history · ES, cheapest per day

ST12000NM001G €848
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HAT5300-12T ST12000NM001G
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) - 29 dB
Fill Helium Helium
Interface SATA SATA
Failure rate (AFR) - 0.97%
Price / TB - $39.71
Buy No ES price yet
€848
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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

ST12000NM001G

0.97% AFR vs 1.34% fleet avg

95% CI 0.83-1.14%

13,216 drives · ~16,448 drive-years · 160 failures · Backblaze thru Q1 2026

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