The WD Ultrastar 12TB SAS HUH721212AL5205 is a 12TB SAS-12G HDD in used condition. It has no current offer on Amazon. The in-stock alternatives nearest its capacity are listed below.
6 in-stock listings · this listing has no current offer on Amazon · ranked by live cost per tb, refreshed about once a day
| Drive | Capacity | Interface | Recording | Condition | $/TB | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD Ultrastar 10TB SATA HUH721010ALE604 HUH721010ALE604 | 10TB | SATA-6G | — | REFURB | $28.00 | $280 | Buy on Amazon |
| MDD 10TB SATA 6G 7200RPM NAS MDD10TSATA25672NAS | 10TB | SATA-6G | — | REFURB | $28.00 | $280 | Buy on Amazon |
| WD Ultrastar 10TB SATA | 10TB | SATA-6G | — | REFURB | $29.00 | $290 | Buy on Amazon |
| WD Ultrastar 14TB SATA WUH721414ALE604 WUH721414ALE604 | 14TB | SATA-6G | — | REFURB | $29.29 | $410 | Buy on Amazon |
| WD Ultrastar 14TB SAS WUH721414AL5204 | 14TB | SAS-12G | — | REFURB | $30.00 | $420 | Buy on Amazon |
| MDD 10TB SATA 6G 7200RPM Enterprise MDD10TSATA25672E | 10TB | SATA-6G | — | REFURB | $30.00 | $300 | Buy on Amazon |
Where this listing sits: every 12TB hard drive · 12TB SAS drives · WD 12TB SAS — each page is the live ranking for that slice of the catalogue.
Part number: HUH721212AL5205 — 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
Recertified enterprise drives are pulled from datacentre fleets, tested and resold. They are usually the cheapest route to bulk capacity, and the risk is concentrated in the first weeks - so check SMART data the day it arrives rather than the day you need it. What recertified means · Refurbished warranty terms · Verify on arrival
| Drive | Interface | Cond | $/TB | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDD 12TB SATA 6G 7200RPM 256MB NAS | SATA-6G | Refurb | $28.33 | $339.99 | Buy on Amazon |
| HGST 12TB SAS 12G 7.2K | SAS-12G | Refurb | $29.00 | $347.99 | Buy on Amazon |
| WD Ultrastar 12TB SATA HUH721212ALE604 | SATA-6G | Refurb | $29.16 | $349.95 | Buy on Amazon |
| WD Ultrastar 12TB SATA HUH721212ALE600 | SATA-6G | Refurb | $29.17 | $349.99 | Buy on Amazon |
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The WD Ultrastar 12TB SAS HUH721212AL5205 is a 12TB SAS-12G enterprise drive - Verify recording technology before use in RAID. As a refurbished unit, run SMART diagnostics on arrival and verify power-on hours.
We do not have enough in-stock comparators of this type today to place this price against the rest of the market. The category page below ranks everything we do have.
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
Not right now: Amazon shows no current offer for ASIN B0GD2N1B3R. The in-stock alternatives nearest its 12TB capacity are on this page, ranked by live price.
The listing's own title says "renewed" for the HUH721212AL5205. That is the seller's claim; we store it verbatim and the warranty is the reseller's, not the manufacturer's.