Verdict

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

HAT5300-12T
Synology Enterprise Series · 12TB · Enterprise
No UK price yet
ST12000NT001
Seagate IronWolf Pro · 12TB · NAS-Pro
£567 (£47.25/TB)

Value at a glance

Capacity
HAT5300-12T 12 TB
ST12000NT001 12 TB

Price history · UK, cheapest per day

ST12000NT001 £567
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HAT5300-12T ST12000NT001
Capacity 12 TB 12 TB
Recording tech CMR CMR
RAID / NAS safe Yes Yes
Class Enterprise NAS-Pro
Spindle speed 7200 RPM 7200 RPM
Cache 256 MB 256 MB
Noise (idle) - 28 dB
Fill Helium Helium
Interface SATA SATA
Failure rate (AFR) - -
Price / TB - $38.33
Buy No UK price yet
£567
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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.

HAT5300-12T

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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

ST12000NT001

No Backblaze failure data for this model.

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