Best Enterprise SAS Drives by Price per TB
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
The best enterprise SAS drive deal right now is whichever offer on this page has the lowest price per TB — usually a renewed datacenter drive, and only worth buying if you already have a SAS HBA and plan to run it in a redundant array.
SAS drives are how homelabbers and small-server builders buy enterprise hardware at consumer prices — especially renewed units retired from datacenters. This list ranks current Amazon SAS offers by price per TB, refreshed with every snapshot.
Fair warning before the bargains: SAS drives do not plug into a normal desktop. You need a SAS HBA or RAID controller and the right cables. If you have those, some of the best price-per-TB numbers on the whole site live here.
Dell/Seagate Enterprise Plus ST3300065SS 3.5 inch 3TB SAS 6GB/S 7200 RPM 64MB Cashe Hard Disk Drive HDD 9SM260-158
$40.00 · $13.33/TB as of Oct 20, 12:14 AM EDT
Ranks #1 at $13.33/TB — 30% below the typical SAS of similar size. Used condition, SAS, 3.5".
MDD MAXDIGITALDATA 1TB 7200RPM 128MB Cache SAS 6Gb/s 3.5inch Internal Enterprise Hard Drive (MD1TSAS12872E) - [ NOT a SATA HDD ] (Renewed)
$15.99 · $15.99/TB as of Oct 20, 12:14 AM EDT
Ranks #2 at $15.99/TB — 58% below the typical 1TB SAS. Renewed condition, SAS, 3.5".
Seagate Constellation 3TB ES.2 ST33000650SS 3.5in Enterprise SAS Hard Drive (Renewed)
$51.00 · $17.00/TB as of Oct 20, 12:14 AM EDT
Ranks #3 at $17.00/TB — 31% below the typical SAS of similar size. Renewed condition, SAS, 3.5".
Pulled 529FG ST4000NM0023 4TB 3.5 7.2K 6Gb SAS Hard Drive
$70.00 · $17.50/TB as of Oct 20, 12:14 AM EDT
Ranks #4 at $17.50/TB — 13% below the typical SAS of similar size. Used condition, SAS.
HGST Ultrastar HUS723030ALS640 3TB 7200RPM SAS 6Gbps 3.5-inch 64MB Cache Enterprise Internal Bare or OEM Hard Disk Drives (Renewed)
$55.00 · $18.33/TB as of Oct 20, 12:14 AM EDT
Ranks #5 at $18.33/TB — 4% below the typical SAS of similar size. Used condition, SAS, 3.5".
MDD MAXDIGITALDATA 1TB 7200RPM 128MB Cache SAS 6Gb/s 3.5inch Internal Enterprise Hard Drive (MD1TSAS12872E) - [ NOT A SATA HDD ]
$18.99 · $18.99/TB as of Oct 20, 12:14 AM EDT
Ranks #6 at $18.99/TB — 68% below the typical 1TB SAS. New condition, SAS, 3.5".
MDD MAXDIGITALDATA 3TB 7200RPM 128MB Cache SAS 6Gb/s 3.5inch Internal Enterprise Hard Drive (MD3TSAS12872E) - [ NOT a SATA HDD ] (Renewed)
$59.99 · $20.00/TB as of Oct 20, 12:14 AM EDT
Ranks #7 at $20.00/TB — 18% below the typical SAS of similar size. Renewed condition, SAS, 3.5".
HGST Ultrastar 7K4000 4TB 3.5in 7200 RPM SAS 12Gb/s 64MB Cache Internal Enterprise Hard Drive - HUS724040ALS640 (Renewed)
$80.00 · $20.00/TB as of Oct 20, 12:14 AM EDT
Ranks #8 at $20.00/TB. Used condition, SAS, 3.5".
SEAGATE ST4000NM0023 Constellation ES.3 4TB 7200 RPM 128MB cache SAS 6.0Gb/s 3.5 internal hard drive (Bare Drive) (Renewed)
$88.99 · $22.25/TB as of Oct 20, 12:14 AM EDT
Ranks #9 at $22.25/TB — 1% below the typical 4TB SAS. Renewed condition, SAS.
Dell 202V7 4tb 3.5in 7.2k NL SAS 6gbs Hard Drive (Renewed)
$89.00 · $22.25/TB as of Oct 20, 12:14 AM EDT
Ranks #10 at $22.25/TB — 1% below the typical 4TB SAS. Renewed condition, SAS, 3.5".
How the ranking and deal scores work
Compare live hard disk prices for all matching deals →
What to look for
Condition dominates this category. Renewed enterprise drives can be excellent value — they were built for 24/7 duty — but assume reduced remaining life and buy with redundancy (RAID/ZFS) in mind, never as a lone copy.
Check the interface generation: 12 Gb/s SAS3 is the current mainstream; older 6 Gb/s SAS2 drives work on newer controllers but cap throughput. Both appear in the ranking because capacity, not interface, drives price per TB.
Enterprise drives are louder and hungrier than desktop drives. A shelf of them needs airflow and tolerable placement — factor the chassis, not just the drive price.
FAQ
Can I use a SAS drive in my desktop PC?
Not directly. SATA drives work on SAS controllers, but SAS drives require a SAS controller (HBA). Budget an extra card and cable if you're starting from scratch.
Are renewed enterprise drives safe to buy?
For redundant arrays, generally yes — they're engineered for continuous operation and vendors typically wipe and test them. Check the listed warranty and run your own health check (SMART/long self-test) on arrival.
Why do SAS drives often beat consumer drives on price per TB?
Datacenter refresh cycles push large quantities of high-capacity drives onto the market at once. That supply glut is exactly what this ranking is built to catch.