The WD Ultrastar 12TB SAS HUH721212AL5204 is a 12TB SAS-12G HDD in used condition. It is in stock at $399.00 - $33.25/TB.
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Part number: HUH721212AL5204 — 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WD Ultrastar 12TB SATA HUH721212ALE604 | SATA-6G | Refurb | $30.00 | $359.99 | Buy on Amazon |
| WD Ultrastar 12TB SAS HUH721212AL4200 | SAS-12G | Refurb | $31.96 | $383.55 | Buy on Amazon |
| WD Purple 12TB WD121PURZ | SATA-6G | Refurb | $32.50 | $390.00 | Buy on Amazon |
| HP 12TB SAS 7200RPM LFF Enterprise | SAS-12G | Refurb | $34.77 | $417.28 | Buy on Amazon |
All 12TB drives we track, ranked by cost per terabyte.
CMR or SMR? What we can and cannot source for this part number
Part of the WD line we track.
The WD Ultrastar 12TB SAS HUH721212AL5204 is a 12TB SAS-12G enterprise drive at $33.25/TB - Verify recording technology before use in RAID. As a refurbished unit, run SMART diagnostics on arrival and verify power-on hours.
Against every other drive we have an in-stock price for today, this one is cheaper per tb than 68% of them (165 of 243). The cheapest we can currently buy is $14.99/TB; the middle of the market is $40.00/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.
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 $399.00 ($33.25 per terabyte at its 12TB capacity), sold renewed under ASIN B0GVGFSNGW. Amazon sets the final price at checkout.
The listing's own title says "renewed" for the HUH721212AL5204. That is the seller's claim; we store it verbatim and the warranty is the reseller's, not the manufacturer's.