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Enterprise Hard Drive Prices

This view narrows the live HDD market to enterprise-oriented drives where the buying decision usually involves servers, storage shelves, backup targets, or datacenter capacity expansion.

Use interface, condition, warranty, capacity, and Good Price filters before comparing against consumer NAS or desktop HDDs.

Live prices from current DatacenterDisk inventory· updated

Direct answer

Enterprise hard drive prices should be compared by more than capacity. Interface, warranty, condition, server compatibility, and Good Price signals determine whether a current Exos, Ultrastar, WD Gold, Toshiba MG, HGST, or OEM-style HDD listing is actually useful.

Cheapest HDD
$14.99
1TB Used - $14.99/TB
Best Price/TB
$14.99/TB
HP ST31000640SS - $14.99
Best Historical Value
GREAT PRICE
Seagate ST33000650SS - This listing is unusually strong for this exact drive condition.
Best Market Value
Excellent
HP ST31000640SS - $14.99/TB
Cheapest New HDD
$55.00
1.2TB - $45.83/TB
Cheapest Used HDD
$14.99
1TB Used - $14.99/TB
Median $/TB
$38.22/TB
158 live HDD listings

Hard Drive Price Views

Move between the live market, deals, enterprise, NAS, used, capacity, and brand views.

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Live Enterprise HDD Prices

The table emphasizes enterprise-class families and SAS/SATA server-drive listings currently available in the database.

Market Value compares a listing with current peers in the same use class, interface, condition, and capacity band. Historical Value compares it only with its own stored price record. The two columns can disagree and both be right: Market Value asks whether a listing is cheap next to comparable drives on sale today, Historical Value asks whether it is cheap next to its own past. A small drive can be Expensive per TB against its peers and still be at the lowest price it has ever had. See the Good Price guide for broader market context.

Showing 158 of 158 current HDD listings. Out-of-stock listings and invalid prices are excluded.
AverageGREAT PRICE
$599.99
$33.33/TB

WD Gold 18TB

Capacity
18TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Enterprise

24% below comparable new WD 18TB

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AverageGREAT PRICE
$659.00
$36.61/TB

WD Gold 18TB

Capacity
18TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Enterprise

16% below comparable new WD 18TB

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ExpensiveGREAT PRICE
$369.00
$46.13/TB

WD WD8005FRYZ

Capacity
8TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Enterprise

8% below comparable new WD 8TB

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GoodFAIR PRICE
$245.00
$30.63/TB

Dell M40TH

Capacity
8TB
Brand
Dell
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-12G
Use
Enterprise

32% below comparable new Dell 8TB

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AverageFAIR PRICE
$417.28
$34.77/TB

HP MB012000GWWFE

Capacity
12TB
Brand
HP
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-12G
Use
Enterprise

51% below comparable new HP 12TB

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GoodIn progress
$59.53
$19.84/TB

HP MB3000FBUCN

Capacity
3TB
Brand
HP
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-6G
Use
Enterprise

50% below comparable new HP 3TB

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GoodIn progress
$85.00
$21.25/TB

Dell 012GYY

Capacity
4TB
Brand
Dell
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-6G
Use
Enterprise

47% below comparable new Dell 4TB

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GoodIn progress
$89.98
$22.50/TB

Dell DRMYH

Capacity
4TB
Brand
Dell
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-6G
Use
Enterprise

44% below comparable new Dell 4TB

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ExpensiveIn progress
$68.99
$34.49/TB

HP AP072B321

Capacity
2TB
Brand
HP
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-6G
Use
Enterprise

37% below comparable new HP 2TB

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Capacity Price Dashboard

Cheapest, median, and best current $/TB by HDD capacity.

Full capacity view
CapacityCheapestMedian PriceBest $/TBBest Good PriceListings
1TB$14.99$32.49$14.99/TBIn progress4
1.2TB$48.00$61.00$40.00/TBGREAT PRICE12
1.8TB$120.00$145.00$66.67/TBIn progress3
2TB$68.99$105.00$34.49/TBIn progress4
3TB$45.39$74.00$15.13/TBGREAT PRICE14
4TB$68.00$169.00$17.00/TBGREAT PRICE16
6TB$149.99$237.00$25.00/TBIn progress6
8TB$245.00$369.00$30.63/TBGREAT PRICE13
10TB$200.00$327.62$20.00/TBGREAT PRICE19
12TB$329.95$408.14$27.50/TBGREAT PRICE22
14TB$349.99$490.72$25.00/TBGREAT PRICE14
16TB$469.99$706.40$29.37/TBGREAT PRICE5
18TB$519.99$599.99$28.89/TBGREAT PRICE11
20TB$569.99$729.50$28.50/TBGREAT PRICE4
22TB$619.00$892.00$28.14/TBGREAT PRICE7
24TB$764.50$891.50$31.85/TBGREAT PRICE4
1TB$14.99/TB
1.2TB$40.00/TB
1.8TB$66.67/TB
2TB$34.49/TB
3TB$15.13/TB
4TB$17.00/TB
6TB$25.00/TB
8TB$30.63/TB
10TB$20.00/TB
12TB$27.50/TB
14TB$25.00/TB
16TB$29.37/TB

Brand Price Dashboard

Current HDD price bands by brand where live inventory exists.

Full brand view
BrandCheapest DriveMedian $/TBBest $/TBBest Good PriceListings
WDWD Ultrastar 4TB SATA ($178.00)$39.91/TB$20.00/TBGREAT PRICE66
SeagateSeagate ST91000640SS ($37.99)$33.79/TB$16.00/TBGREAT PRICE26
HPHP ST31000640SS ($14.99)$41.00/TB$14.99/TBIn progress20
HGSTHGST HUS724030ALS640 ($45.39)$37.27/TB$15.13/TBGOOD PRICE17
DellDell HUC101212CSS600 ($53.00)$46.67/TB$21.25/TBGREAT PRICE14
MDDMDD MD3TSAS12872E ($59.99)$27.25/TB$20.00/TBGREAT PRICE10
ToshibaToshiba AL15SEB18EQ ($120.00)$57.78/TB$25.00/TBIn progress5
WD$39.91/TB
Seagate$33.79/TB
HP$41.00/TB
HGST$37.27/TB
Dell$46.67/TB
MDD$27.25/TB
Toshiba$57.78/TB
cheapest storage per TB
absolute $/TB ranking
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used and renewed market
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WD Ultrastar
enterprise model family
server storage parts
caddies, HBAs, and drive support

Enterprise HDD price factors

Enterprise drives often carry a different price structure from NAS or desktop models because buyers care about workload class, firmware behavior, SAS support, warranty, and deployment in multi-drive systems.

The same capacity can appear at very different prices depending on whether the listing is new retail stock, a used datacenter pull, a manufacturer recertified unit, or an OEM server drive with a carrier.

SAS and SATA are not interchangeable purchasing decisions

SAS drives are common in server backplanes and can matter for controller ecosystems, dual-port storage architecture, and multipath designs. SATA drives are often enough for nearline capacity where the platform and controller support them.

Before ordering a server HDD, verify the backplane, controller, carrier, firmware support, and sector format. This page reports the interface shown in the current product data but does not override platform documentation.

Used enterprise pricing

Used enterprise drives can look very strong on price per TB, especially at 12TB and above. The tradeoff is procurement risk: remaining warranty, total power-on history, packaging quality, and return policy can matter more than saving a few dollars per TB.

For fleet purchases, compare both the drive price and the number of spares you need to keep on hand.

FAQs

Are enterprise hard drives always better than NAS drives?

No. Enterprise drives are built for different deployment assumptions. A NAS drive with the right warranty and compatibility can be better for a small NAS than a cheap used SAS drive that the NAS cannot use.

Can I use a SAS enterprise HDD in a SATA system?

Usually no. SAS drives require SAS-capable controllers and backplanes. SATA drives can often work behind SAS controllers, but the reverse is not a safe assumption.

Methodology

DatacenterDisk includes current in-stock HDD listings with valid positive prices, valid positive capacity, and price-per-TB data. Out-of-stock listings and broken zero-dollar prices are excluded from current rankings.

Good Price is calculated once in the shared pricing utility from current in-stock listings and stored DatacenterDisk price records. Historical Value compares a listing only with its own stored price record for that exact drive and condition. GREAT PRICE means today's price is within 3% of the lowest we have recorded for it, or at least 15% below its own 30- or 90-day average; GOOD PRICE, within 7% of that low or at least 7% below its 30-day average; HIGH PRICE, more than 7% above its own 30-day average; FAIR PRICE otherwise. It reads In progress when we hold fewer than 7 days of records, or when the price has never moved more than 3% across its record - an unchanged price is neither a low nor a high, so it gets no verdict.

Market Value requires at least three relevant current peers and compares price per TB within matching use class, interface, condition, and capacity band. When that peer set is too small, the row shows a progress indicator instead of a market-value label.