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Synology HAT3310 12TB

A NAS drive, though Synology doesn't print a bay rating for it, so check its compatibility list for your box.

Capacity
12 TB
Recording
CMR
Speed
7,200 rpm
Warranty
3 years
Workload
180 TB/yr
Failure rate
No failure data

Good for

  • A NAS in a cupboard
  • RAID, SHR and ZFS rebuilds

Not for

  • A desk or bedroom (7,200 rpm is the louder class)
  • Heavy daily writes (180 TB a year rating)

Updated 27 Oct 2026 · Method 2.0

Should you buy the HAT3310 12 TB?

It suits a small NAS that's tucked away in a cupboard or under the stairs, where the extra pace of 7,200 rpm is welcome and the extra noise isn't your problem. It's CMR, which is what you want anywhere near a RAID or ZFS rebuild.

Watch out for

Warranty's three years and the workload rating is 180 TB a year. At 12 TB that's 15 full passes of the drive a year, and a monthly scrub uses twelve of them before you've written anything.

No Backblaze failure rate for this one. They don't run enough of them, if any, for a figure worth quoting. On paper it makes 20 dB at idle and 32 dB seeking. Synology lists 3.3 W at idle and 6.85 W working, which comes to 29 kWh a year for a drive that idles around the clock. Put four in RAID 5 and you'll have 36 TB to fill (Windows will call it 32.7 TB).

Specifications

Each value links to the Synology page or datasheet it came from.

Synology HAT3310 12TB specifications
Drive type NAS source for Drive type (synology.com, opens in new tab)
Capacity 12 TB source for Capacity (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
Spindle speed 7,200 rpm source for Spindle speed (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
Recording technology CMR source for Recording technology (synology.com, opens in new tab)
Cache 512 MB source for Cache (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
Interface SATA 6Gb/s source for Interface (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
Form factor 3.5in source for Form factor (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
Max sustained transfer 281 MB/s source for Max sustained transfer (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
Workload rating 180 TB/yr source for Workload rating (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
MTBF / MTTF 1,200,000 hours source for MTBF / MTTF (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
Warranty 3 years source for Warranty (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
Power at idle 3.3 W source for Power at idle (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
Power in use 6.85 W source for Power in use (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
Noise at idle 20 dB source for Noise at idle (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)
Noise when seeking 32 dB source for Noise when seeking (global.synologydownload.com, opens in new tab)

Sources: global.synologydownload.com, synology.com