Verdict

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

ST12000NM002G
Seagate Exos X16 · 12TB · Enterprise
No IT price yet
ST12000VE003
Seagate SkyHawk AI · 12TB · Surveillance
€784 (€65.33/TB)

Value at a glance

Capacity
ST12000NM002G 12 TB
ST12000VE003 12 TB

Price history

IT · cheapest per day

ST12000VE003 €784
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ST12000NM002G ST12000VE003
Capacity 12 TB 12 TB
Recording tech CMR CMR
RAID / NAS safe Yes Yes
Class Enterprise Surveillance
Spindle speed 7200 RPM 7200 RPM
Cache 256 MB 512 MB
Noise (idle) 29 dB -
Fill Helium Helium
Interface SAS SATA
Failure rate (AFR) - -
Price / TB - $48.25
Buy No IT price yet
€784
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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.

ST12000NM002G

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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

ST12000VE003

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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