The Toshiba MG08 8TB is a 8TB SAS-12G HDD in new condition. It is in stock at $449.00 - $56.13/TB.
Where this listing sits: every 8TB hard drive · 8TB SAS drives · Toshiba 8TB SAS — each page is the live ranking for that slice of the catalogue.
Part number: MG08SDA800E — 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HGST Ultrastar He8 8TB SAS 12G NAS | SAS-12G | Refurb | $31.25 | $249.99 | Buy on Amazon |
| WD Red 8TB WD80EFAX | SATA-6G | Refurb | $31.25 | $249.99 | Buy on Amazon |
| WD Red 8TB WD80EFAX | SATA-6G | Refurb | $31.25 | $249.99 | Buy on Amazon |
| Seagate BarraCuda 8TB ST8000DMZ04 | SATA-6G | New | $31.25 | $249.99 | Buy on Amazon |
All 8TB drives we track, ranked by cost per terabyte.
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The Toshiba MG08 8TB is a 8TB SAS-12G enterprise drive at $56.13/TB - Verify recording technology before use in RAID. 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 15% of them (39 of 267). The cheapest we can currently buy is $14.99/TB; the middle of the market is $38.42/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.
Resolved against manufacturer compatibility lists we read and dated, capped at 4. Vendor-listed means the manufacturer names this exact part number; fit-verified is our own check of form factor, interface and recording technology against a published requirement. Neither is a guess, and a drive the registry cannot resolve shows nothing here rather than a maybe. How compatibility actually works
Yes. At our last check it was $449.00 ($56.13 per terabyte at its 8TB capacity), sold new under ASIN B09HPCQ9HD. Amazon sets the final price at checkout.
This listing (MG08SDA800E, ASIN B09HPCQ9HD) carries no renewed, recertified, refurbished or pulled claim in its title, and Amazon reports it as new. On this site that is what "new" means: sold as factory-new. The stored warranty on this row is 5 years, as the listing states it.