Verdict

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

HAT3310-16T
Synology Plus Series · 16TB · NAS
No IT price yet
MG08SCA16TE
Toshiba MG08 · 16TB · Enterprise
No IT price yet

Value at a glance

Capacity
HAT3310-16T 16 TB
MG08SCA16TE 16 TB
Noise (idle)
HAT3310-16T 20 dB
MG08SCA16TE 20 dB
HAT3310-16T MG08SCA16TE
Capacity 16 TB 16 TB
Recording tech CMR CMR
RAID / NAS safe Yes Yes
Class NAS Enterprise
Spindle speed 7200 RPM 7200 RPM
Cache 512 MB 512 MB
Noise (idle) 20 dB 20 dB
Fill Helium Helium
Interface SATA SAS
Failure rate (AFR) - -
Price / TB - -
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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.

HAT3310-16T

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

3yr warranty · 180 TB/yr rated · 1,200,000h MTBF

MG08SCA16TE

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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