The Seagate Enterprise Capacity 10TB SAS Helium is a 10TB SAS-12G HDD in new condition. It is in stock at $474.45 - $47.45/TB.
Part number: ST10000NM0096 — decoded, with sibling variants and the warranty check.
SAS drives do not plug into a normal SATA motherboard port. You need a SAS host bus adapter or a backplane that speaks SAS - an LSI/Broadcom HBA in IT mode is the usual answer. A SATA drive will run on a SAS controller, but not the other way round. HBA and IT-mode guide
| Drive | Interface | Cond | $/TB | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDD 10TB SAS 12G 7200RPM | SAS-12G | New | $23.00 | $229.99 | Buy |
| HGST Ultrastar He10 10TB SAS 12G | SAS-12G | Refurb | $23.50 | $235.00 | Buy |
| WD Ultrastar 10TB SATA HUH721010ALE600 | SATA-6G | Refurb | $25.90 | $259.00 | Buy |
| WD Ultrastar 10TB SATA HUH721010ALE600 | SATA-6G | Refurb | $26.00 | $259.99 | Buy |
All 10TB drives we track, ranked by cost per terabyte.
Part of the Seagate line we track.
The Seagate Enterprise Capacity 10TB SAS Helium is a 10TB SAS-12G enterprise drive at $47.45/TB - CMR recording makes it safe for all RAID levels and NAS deployments. New unit with full 5-year warranty.
Against every other drive we have an in-stock price for today, this one is cheaper per tb than 88% of them (216 of 245). The cheapest we can currently buy is $14.99/TB; the middle of the market is $36.00/TB.
These are third-party figures about the retail market as a whole, quoted and dated. They are not our own measurements and they do not describe this specific drive.
Yes. The Enterprise Capacity 10TB SAS Helium uses CMR recording which is fully compatible with all RAID levels. It is rated for 550TB/year workload.
5-year manufacturer warranty.
Compatible with any server or workstation equipped with a SAS HBA or SAS backplane. Tested with Dell PowerEdge, HPE ProLiant, Supermicro and IBM System x platforms.