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
ST16000NM001G
Seagate Exos X16 · 16TB · Enterprise
No UK price yet

Value at a glance

Capacity
HAT3310-16T 16 TB
ST16000NM001G 16 TB
Noise (idle)
HAT3310-16T 20 dB
ST16000NM001G 29 dB

Price history · UK, cheapest per day

ST16000NM001G £491
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HAT3310-16T ST16000NM001G
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 256 MB
Noise (idle) 20 dB 29 dB
Fill Helium Helium
Interface SATA SATA
Failure rate (AFR) - 0.53%
Price / TB - $29.69
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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

ST16000NM001G

0.53% AFR vs 1.34% fleet avg

95% CI 0.47-0.61%

34,729 drives · ~42,410 drive-years · 226 failures · Backblaze thru Q1 2026

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