ST12000VE003: Seagate SkyHawk AI 12TB SATA 512MB 3.5" HDD
MPN: ST12000VE003|By: Seagate

Starting from
$800
Indicative. Final pricing is confirmed with your quote.
In Stockships worldwide
- Condition:
- New (authorized channel)
- Warranty:
- Full manufacturer warranty
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Authorized & warrantied
Sourced through authorized distribution, with the full manufacturer warranty.
Compatibility checked
Validated against your server platform before dispatch.
Delivery & lead time
Confirmed with your quote, including expedited freight where available.
Business & public sector
POs, net terms and volume pricing for qualified organizations, government and edu.
Product overview
Seagate lists ST12000VE003 as a SkyHawk AI 12TB SATA 512MB 3.5" HDD. Carriers and caddies are chassis-specific and are almost never included with a bare drive. Give us the server model and we will quote the carrier alongside it instead of letting it hold up the swap.
Quotes are itemised down to the accessories, so nothing that is needed to make the part work is left off and discovered later.
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer part number
- ST12000VE003
- Product Type
- Server Hard Drives
- Manufacturer
- Seagate
Technical specifications
- Capacity
- 12TB
Interfaces & connectivity
- Drive Interface
- SATA
These are the 4 facts we can state about ST12000VE003 without inferring anything. Compatibility beyond this is confirmed per platform, on request, before you order.
Where the Seagate ST12000VE003 is deployed
- Like-for-like replacement of ST12000VE003 in an existing system
- Migrating an archive tier off failing older disks
- Rebuilding a parity group after a drive failure
Who this part is for
- MSPs holding cold spares across a fleet of identical chassis
- Teams standardising a mixed drive estate onto one firmware family
- IT teams swapping a failed drive in a live parity group
What you get ordering this from us
Ordered by part number
Quoted and supplied against ST12000VE003 specifically, so what arrives is what your build sheet asks for.
Answered by a human
A quote comes back with the reasoning attached, including the cases where we think you should buy something else.
Firmware family matched
A mechanically identical drive with the wrong firmware is rejected by the controller; we check the family, not just the capacity.
Questions buyers ask about this part
Is ST12000VE003 genuine and is the warranty intact?
Yes. It ships new in Seagate packaging, which is what keeps the warranty and the firmware entitlement valid. Anything we cannot supply that way we tell you about before you order.
Will ST12000VE003 work in my server?
Send the server model or the shelf it is going into. Vendor-keyed firmware is the usual reason an identical-looking drive is rejected, so we check that alongside interface and form factor.
Do you accept purchase orders and quote at volume?
Yes. We quote against a purchase order and hold the price for the quote period, with tiered rates at quantity. Net terms are available once the account is approved.
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| Hitachi HGST Ultrastar He10 8TB 7200 RPM 12Gb/s SAS 512e 3.5"-inch Enterprise Hard Drive | Hitachi | Capacity: 8TB | In Stock | $190 |
| Dell 4TB 7200RPM 12Gb/s SAS 512e 3.5-inch Hot-Plug Nearline PowerEdge Hard Drive | Dell Technologies | Capacity: 4TB | In Stock | $155 |
| HPE 4TB 7200RPM 12Gb/s SAS 512e 3.5-inch LFF Smart Carrier Midline ProLiant Hard Drive | HPE | Capacity: 4TB | In Stock | $155 |
| HP 2TB 7200RPM 6Gb/s SAS 512n 3.5-inch LFF Smart Carrier Midline ProLiant Gen8 Hard Drive | HP | Capacity: 2TB | In Stock | $80 |
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Specifying a system, not just the part?
Bulk capacity usually sits behind the flash tier that feeds a training cluster rather than under it.
