Server and datacenter HDDs

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

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
Cheapest New HDD
$54.00
1.2TB - $45.00/TB
Cheapest Used HDD
$14.99
1TB Used - $14.99/TB
Median $/TB
$34.50/TB
162 live HDD listings

Hard Drive Price 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.

Good Price uses the current listing plus DatacenterDisk's stored pricing records in the background. See the Good Price guide for broader market context.

Showing 162 of 162 current HDD listings. Unavailable listings and invalid prices are excluded.
UNAVAILABLE
$205.00
$25.63/TB

Dell M40TH

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

45% below comparable new Dell 8TB

UNAVAILABLE
$209.00
$26.13/TB

WD WD8003FRYZ

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

41% below comparable new WD 8TB

UNAVAILABLE
$68.99
$34.49/TB

HP AP072B321

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

37% below comparable new HP 2TB

Capacity Price Dashboard

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

Full capacity view
CapacityCheapestMedian PriceBest $/TBBest Good PriceListings
1TB$14.99$32.31$14.99/TBUnavailable4
1.2TB$45.00$57.99$37.50/TBUnavailable11
1.8TB$79.25$112.13$44.03/TBUnavailable2
2TB$44.00$83.99$22.00/TBUnavailable6
3TB$45.39$64.50$15.13/TBUnavailable12
4TB$59.99$194.50$15.00/TBUnavailable14
6TB$119.99$194.00$20.00/TBUnavailable8
8TB$205.00$369.00$25.63/TBUnavailable13
10TB$229.99$325.00$23.00/TBUnavailable19
12TB$329.95$359.99$27.50/TBUnavailable23
14TB$319.99$439.99$22.86/TBUnavailable15
16TB$539.00$699.99$33.69/TBUnavailable5
18TB$469.99$617.50$26.11/TBUnavailable12
20TB$549.99$669.99$27.50/TBUnavailable7
22TB$599.99$884.00$27.27/TBUnavailable8
24TB$689.00$699.99$28.71/TBUnavailable3
1TB$14.99/TB
1.2TB$37.50/TB
1.8TB$44.03/TB
2TB$22.00/TB
3TB$15.13/TB
4TB$15.00/TB
6TB$20.00/TB
8TB$25.63/TB
10TB$23.00/TB
12TB$27.50/TB
14TB$22.86/TB
16TB$33.69/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 6TB SATA ($179.99)$33.51/TB$24.29/TBUnavailable72
SeagateSeagate ST91000640SS ($37.62)$35.75/TB$17.00/TBUnavailable24
HPHP ST31000640SS ($14.99)$41.41/TB$14.99/TBUnavailable18
HGSTHGST HUS724030ALS640 ($45.39)$32.50/TB$15.13/TBUnavailable17
DellDell MG03SCA200 ($44.00)$47.87/TB$21.25/TBUnavailable14
MDDMDD MD3TSAS12872E ($59.99)$23.57/TB$20.00/TBUnavailable9
ToshibaToshiba MG03ACA200 ($68.39)$45.08/TB$22.86/TBUnavailable8
WD$33.51/TB
Seagate$35.75/TB
HP$41.41/TB
HGST$32.50/TB
Dell$47.87/TB
MDD$23.57/TB
Toshiba$45.08/TB
cheapest storage per TB
absolute $/TB ranking
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HDD price forecast
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used and renewed market
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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. Unavailable 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. When the stored data is too thin for a confident verdict, the row shows Unavailable instead of inventing a bargain.