Quiet NAS HDDs

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Maybe this comparison helps:

manufacturer category model serial capacity speed workload noise watts

Seagate HDD Ironwolf PRO ST12000NT001 12TB 270MB/s 550 26 7.8
Seagate HDD Ironwolf PRO ST12000NE0008 12TB 240MB/s 300 26 7.8
Toshiba HDD Enterprise MG07ACA12TE 12TB 254 MiB/s 550 27 7.8
Synology HDD HAT5300 HAT5300-12T 12TB 242 MiB/s 550 27 7.83
WD HDD Purple WD121PURZ 12TB 245 MB/s 360 29 6.6
WD HDD Purple PRO WD121PURP 12TB 245 MB/s 550 29 6.6
WD HDD Red Plus WD120EFBX 12TB 196 MB/s 180 29 6.3
Seagate HDD Ironwolf ST12000VN0008 12TB 210MB/s 180 30 7.3
Synology HDD HAT3300 HAT3300-12T 12TB 210MB/s 180 32 7.8
Seagate HDD Exos X16 ST12000NM001G 12TB 245MB/s 550 34 9.5
Seagate HDD Exos X20 ST12000NM000J 12TB 258MB/s 550 34 8.6
Seagate HDD Skyhawk AI ST12000VE001 12TB 270MB/s 550 34 8
WD HDD Gold WD121KRYZ 12TB 255MB/s 550 36 6.9
WD HDD HC520 0F30146 12TB 255MB/s 550 36 6.3
WD HDD Red PRO WD121KFBX 12TB 240 MB/s 550 36 6