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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell M40TH 8TB SAS 12G 512E | SAS-12G | Refurb | $25.63 | $205.00 | Buy |
| WD WD Gold 8TB | SATA-6G | Refurb | $26.13 | $209.00 | Buy |
| WD Ultrastar 8TB SAS | SAS-12G | Refurb | $27.50 | $220.00 | Buy |
| Seagate BarraCuda 8TB ST8000DMZ04 | SATA-6G | Refurb | $31.74 | $253.89 | Buy |
All 8TB drives we track, ranked by cost per terabyte.
Part of the Synology line we track.
The Synology HAS5300 8TB SAS is a 8TB SAS-12G enterprise drive at $40.68/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 43% of them (113 of 264). The cheapest we can currently buy is $14.99/TB; the middle of the market is $37.80/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 HAS5300 8TB SAS uses CMR recording which is fully compatible with all RAID levels.
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.