HGST · Ultrastar
HUC101212CSS600 is HGST Ultrastar SAS-12G. 3 of its 4 segments are defined in HGST's published documentation and decoded below; for the rest we have not found a defining document, and they are marked as such. 2 live listings below.
| Segment | What it means | Source |
|---|---|---|
| HUC | Ultrastar 2.5-inch enterprise performance series. | Western Digital |
| 101212 | Capacity and generation field. The leading digits encode capacity in the family's own scheme; each model's own specification sheet states its exact capacity. | Western Digital |
| CSS | SAS interface, 2.5-inch enterprise performance. | Western Digital |
| 600 | Not sourced - we have not found a HGST document defining this segment. | Not sourced |
We decode only what the manufacturer documents. There is a large body of community knowledge about the undocumented segments above, much of it probably right, and none of it published by HGST - so it does not appear in this table. A reading nobody can check does not belong in a column headed “what it means”. Grammar reference: Western Digital - Ultrastar model-number nomenclature.
HUC101212CSS600 is HGST Ultrastar, a hard drive on SAS-12G. Being a SAS device, it needs a SAS host bus adapter or backplane - it will not run from a motherboard SATA port, though a SATA drive will run on a SAS controller.
We currently track 2 live listings against this exact part number, offered both new and refurbished (the table shows each listing's cheapest offer), and the two frequently carry different warranty positions even when the part number is identical. 11 sibling part numbers are documented below - these are the numbers most often mistaken for this one, and the table marks which fields actually differ.
| Manufacturer | HGST |
| Family | Ultrastar |
| Interface | SAS-12G |
| Product class | HDD |
These are the part numbers most often confused with HUC101212CSS600. The differences below come from the same vendor documentation as the decode above - where a field is not documented, the row leaves it blank rather than guessing.
| Part number | Capacity | Interface | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUS723030ALS640 | SAS-6G | in catalogue | ||
| HUS724030ALA640 | SATA-6G | in catalogue | ||
| HUS724030ALS640 | SAS-6G | in catalogue | ||
| HUS724040ALS640 | SAS-12G | in catalogue | ||
| HUS726040ALS210 | 4TB | SAS-12G | in catalogue | |
| HUS726060AL5210 | 6TB | SAS-12G | in catalogue | |
| HUS726060ALS641 | SAS-6G | in catalogue | ||
| WUH722014CLE6L4 | SATA-6G | in catalogue | ||
| WUH722020CLE6L4 | SATA-6G | in catalogue | ||
| WUH722624ALE6L4 | SATA-6G | in catalogue | ||
| WUS721204BLE6L4 | SATA-6G | in catalogue |
Amber cells differ from HUC101212CSS600; grey cells match it.
| Listing | Condition | Pack | $/TB | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell HUC101212CSS600 1.2TB 10K SAS 6G | Refurb This offer: sold by Tech Original · Amazon says Used / LikeNew | single | $44.17 | $53.00 | Buy |
| HGST 1.2TB 10K SAS 12G 2.5 | New This offer: sold by DiscTech (USA) · Amazon says New / Unknown | single | $45.00 | $54.00 | Buy |
A manufacturer part number does not imply a manufacturer warranty, and this is where part-number buyers lose the most money. OEM stock, integrator pulls and gray-market units all reach the market under the maker's own numbering. Retailers selling them sometimes state plainly that the manufacturer warranty is none; others simply do not mention it, which is not the same as it being covered.
Coverage attaches to the individual unit and its serial number, not to the part number. That means the only reliable answer comes from the manufacturer, about the specific drive you are being sold.
Ask the seller for the serial number before purchase, then enter it in Western Digital warranty checker. We link the tool rather than showing a result here, because the answer depends on the individual drive and only Western Digital can give it.
A seller warranty is a different promise from a different company. What each warranty tier actually covers · Verify on arrival
4 in-stock listings · same capacity and interface, any part number · ranked by live cost per tb, refreshed about once a day
| Drive | Capacity | Interface | Recording | Condition | $/TB | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seagate 1.2TB 10K SAS 12G 2.5 ST1200MM0129 | 1.2TB | SAS-12G | — | REFURB This offer: sold by Bargain_R_Us2 · Amazon says Used / VeryGood · Bargain_R_Us2's note: 100% Health | $40.00 | $48 | Buy/View Price |
| Dell HUC101212CSS600 1.2TB 10K SAS 6G HUC101212CSS600 | 1.2TB | SAS-6G | — | REFURB This offer: sold by Tech Original · Amazon says Used / LikeNew | $44.17 | $53 | Buy/View Price |
| HGST 1.2TB 10K SAS 12G 2.5 HUC101212CSS600 | 1.2TB | SAS-12G | — | NEW This offer: sold by DiscTech (USA) · Amazon says New / Unknown | $45.00 | $54 | Buy/View Price |
| HP 781578-001 1.2TB 12G SAS 10K 781578-001 | 1.2TB | SAS-12G | — | NEW This offer: sold by Computer Supply · Amazon says New / New | $45.83 | $55 | Buy/View Price |
Every drive we track, ranked by cost per terabyte.
HUC101212CSS600 is HGST Ultrastar SAS-12G. 3 of its 4 segments are defined in HGST's own published documentation - the decode table on this page shows each one with the document that defines it. For the remaining segments we have not found a defining document, and we say so rather than repeating a community guess as fact.
Not necessarily, and the part number cannot tell you. Coverage depends on how the individual unit entered the market and whether it was registered, not on its model designation. OEM and gray-market stock reaches the market under manufacturer part numbers regularly and frequently carries no manufacturer warranty at all - some retailers print exactly that on the listing. Check the specific serial with HGST's own tool, linked in the warranty section on this page.
Both are in the Ultrastar range. They differ in interface: SAS-12G against SAS-6G, which decides whether the drive fits your controller. The variant table on this page lists every sibling we document with what differs.
We track 2 live listings carrying this part number, shown above with condition and cost per terabyte. Prices come from Amazon US and are re-checked continuously; the buy links go to the live listing because the price can change between our check and your click.
Because more than one organisation names it. The manufacturer assigns a model number describing the product; a server vendor buying it in volume assigns its own spare-part number for its service catalogue; distributors sometimes add another. All identify the same physical drive, which is why one number returns listings that look like a different product. Our part number index explains the pattern per vendor.