NAS Drive Price & Reliability Report
August 2026 · FR prices · 153 drives tracked
Updated August 2, 2026 · refreshed automatically every day.
Auto-generated from our live catalogue: real failure rates from Backblaze thru Q1 2026, and Amazon prices refreshed daily. This page updates itself, so it is always the current snapshot.
1.34% avg AFR across all Backblaze-tracked models.
137 CMR (RAID-safe) · 16 SMR (avoid in arrays).
15 capacity tiers with a live FR price.
Best value ($/TB) by capacity
| TB | Cheapest drive | Tech | $/TB | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | WUH722626ALE6L4 WD Ultrastar DC HC590 | CMR | $64.26 | €1,547 |
| 24 | ST24000NM002H Seagate Exos X24 | CMR | $43.42 | €965 |
| 22 | ST22000NM001E Seagate Exos X22 | CMR | $32.40 | €660 |
| 20 | ST20000VE002 Seagate SkyHawk AI | CMR | $32.63 | €604 |
| 18 | ST18000NM000J Seagate Exos X18 | CMR | $37.33 | €622 |
| 16 | ST16000NM001G Seagate Exos X16 | CMR | $30.56 | €453 |
| 14 | HDWR31G Toshiba X300 | CMR | $34.62 | €449 |
| 12 | ST12000VN0008 Seagate IronWolf | CMR | $44.82 | €498 |
| 10 | WUS721010ALE6L4 WD Ultrastar DC HC330 | CMR | $40.99 | €380 |
| 8 | ST8000DM004 Seagate BarraCuda | SMR | $41.77 | €309 |
| 6 | WD60EZAX WD Blue | CMR | $43.55 | €242 |
| 4 | ST4000VX016 Seagate SkyHawk | CMR | $53.83 | €199 |
| 3 | WD30EFAX WD Red | SMR | $64.60 | €179 |
| 2 | ST2000DM008 Seagate BarraCuda | SMR | $75.55 | €140 |
| 1 | ST1000VX013 Seagate SkyHawk | CMR | $139.21 | €129 |
Most reliable (lowest AFR)
| Drive | AFR | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| ST16000NM000J 16TB | 0.17% | 466 |
| MG11ACA24TE 24TB | 0.42% | 7,203 |
| WUH722222ALE6L4 22TB | 0.45% | 45,638 |
| ST16000NM001G 16TB | 0.53% | 34,729 |
| WUH722626ALE6L4 26TB | 0.67% | 3,604 |
Highest AFR (watch list)
| Drive | AFR | Sample |
|---|---|---|
| HUH721212ALE604 12TB | 2.98% | 25,665 |
| ST24000NM002H 24TB | 2.91% | 9,605 |
| MG09ACA16TE 16TB | 1.46% | 506 |
| MG08ACA16Tx 16TB | 1.43% | 51,185 |
| ST14000NM001G 14TB | 1.24% | 10,519 |
Biggest price drops (FR)
| Drive | Was | Now | Drop |
|---|---|---|---|
| HDWG51G 16TB | €688 | €611 | -11% |
| WD181PURP 18TB | €853 | €699 | -18% |
| WD101PURP 10TB | €507 | €393 | -23% |
| WD60EZAX 6TB | €288 | €242 | -16% |
| WD241KFGX 24TB | €1,325 | €994 | -25% |
| ST12000NT001 12TB | €559 | €529 | -5% |
| WD221KFGX 22TB | €1,052 | €998 | -5% |
| ST6000VN006 6TB | €315 | €295 | -6% |
| ST4000VX016 4TB | €211 | €199 | -5% |
| WD60EFPX 6TB | €335 | €315 | -6% |
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 Q1 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 FR, refreshed daily, with $/TB in USD for cross-currency ranking. Explore it all in the full filterable table.