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 UK price yet
MG08ACA16Tx
Toshiba MG08 · 16TB · Enterprise
£385 (£24.05/TB)

Value at a glance

Capacity
HAT3310-16T 16 TB
MG08ACA16Tx 16 TB
Noise (idle)
HAT3310-16T 20 dB
MG08ACA16Tx 20 dB

Price history · UK, cheapest per day

MG08ACA16Tx £385
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£468 £391 £313 May 1 May 19 Jun 7 Jun 25 Jul 14 Aug 2
HAT3310-16T MG08ACA16Tx
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 SATA
Failure rate (AFR) - 1.43%
Price / TB - $29.69
Buy No UK price yet
£385
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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

MG08ACA16Tx

1.43% AFR vs 1.34% fleet avg

95% CI 1.34-1.53%

51,185 drives · ~63,543 drive-years · 908 failures · Backblaze thru Q1 2026

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