Verdict

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

HAT3310-12T
Synology Plus Series · 12TB · NAS
No UK price yet
ST12000NT001
Seagate IronWolf Pro · 12TB · NAS-Pro
£435 (£36.25/TB)

Value at a glance

Capacity
HAT3310-12T 12 TB
ST12000NT001 12 TB
Noise (idle)
HAT3310-12T 20 dB
ST12000NT001 28 dB

Price history

UK · cheapest per day

ST12000NT001 £435
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HAT3310-12T ST12000NT001
Capacity 12 TB 12 TB
Recording tech CMR CMR
RAID / NAS safe Yes Yes
Class NAS NAS-Pro
Spindle speed 7200 RPM 7200 RPM
Cache 512 MB 256 MB
Noise (idle) 20 dB 28 dB
Fill Helium Helium
Interface SATA SATA
Failure rate (AFR) - -
Price / TB - $38.33
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£435
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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.

HAT3310-12T

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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

ST12000NT001

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

5yr warranty · 300 TB/yr rated · 1,200,000h MTBF