Verdict

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

MG09SCA16TE
Toshiba MG09 · 16TB · Enterprise
No FR price yet
ST16000NM002G
Seagate Exos X16 · 16TB · Enterprise
€727 (€45.43/TB)

Value at a glance

Capacity
MG09SCA16TE 16 TB
ST16000NM002G 16 TB
Noise (idle)
MG09SCA16TE 20 dB
ST16000NM002G 29 dB

Price history

FR · cheapest per day

ST16000NM002G €727
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MG09SCA16TE ST16000NM002G
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) 20 dB 29 dB
Fill Helium Helium
Interface SAS SAS
Failure rate (AFR) - -
Price / TB - $42.97
Buy No FR price yet
€727
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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.

MG09SCA16TE

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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

ST16000NM002G

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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