Verdict

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

ST8000NM018B
Seagate Exos 7E10 · 8TB · Enterprise
No IT price yet
ST8000VE001
Seagate SkyHawk AI · 8TB · Surveillance
€414 (€51.71/TB)

Value at a glance

Capacity
ST8000NM018B 8 TB
ST8000VE001 8 TB

Price history

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ST8000VE001 €414
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ST8000NM018B ST8000VE001
Capacity 8 TB 8 TB
Recording tech CMR CMR
RAID / NAS safe Yes Yes
Class Enterprise Surveillance
Spindle speed 7200 RPM 7200 RPM
Cache 256 MB 256 MB
Noise (idle) 28 dB -
Fill Air Air
Interface SAS SATA
Failure rate (AFR) - -
Price / TB - $41.97
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€414
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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.

ST8000NM018B

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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

ST8000VE001

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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