We buy
Retired Storage Equipment Buyer UAE
Scope
What we buy
Complete storage systems and their enclosures, working or not, valued as systems rather than as loose parts.
Selling loose hard drives or SSDs instead of complete systems? See loose hard drives and SSDs.
We buy storage equipment from businesses and individual sellers in all seven emirates. See our service areas.
Storage arrays
Block and unified storage arrays from server rooms and data centers.
Network-attached storage (NAS)
NAS appliances used for file storage and backup.
Disk shelves and expansion enclosures
Shelves attached to an array, with or without their drives.
Storage controllers
Controller units belonging to a storage system.
Situations
When businesses sell storage equipment
The situations that usually put this equipment on a sale list. If yours is not here, the process is the same.
Storage refresh
A move to newer or all-flash storage leaves the previous system surplus.
Cloud migration
Data moves to cloud storage and on-premises arrays are retired.
Data-center consolidation
Two environments become one and duplicate storage is no longer needed.
End of support contracts
Systems are replaced rather than renewed when support ends.
Backup infrastructure changes
A new backup approach retires the appliances and shelves used before.
Retired arrays left in place
Old storage systems that were replaced but never removed, or written off as scrap.
Valuation
What affects the valuation
We value from the details you send. These are the factors that move the figure for this category. No two lots are the same, so we do not publish prices.
- Model and generation
- The storage platform and how current it is.
- Controllers
- The number and type of controllers in the system.
- Shelves
- How many disk shelves or expansion enclosures are attached.
- Drives
- Drive count, type and capacity, or whether the drives have been removed.
- Licenses
- Storage software licenses are often tied to the original owner and may not transfer.
- Completeness
- Rails, cables and power supplies that belong to the system.
- Quantity and condition
- How many systems or shelves, and whether they were working.
Send Your Asset List
What to send for a valuation
A list with these details lets us value your storage equipment accurately. Send what you have; we will ask if anything is missing.
Storage Equipment · checklist
- System model
- Controllers
- Number of shelves
- Drive count, type and capacity, or “removed”
- Condition and working status
- Installed or already de-installed
- Where the equipment is located
How it works
How selling works
Step 01
Share your equipment details
Send the system model and its configuration.
Step 02
Receive a valuation
We review the details you send and come back to you with a valuation.
Step 03
Agree the handover
Agree with us how and when the equipment will be handed over.
Step 04
Complete the sale
Once you accept the valuation, the sale is completed on the agreed terms.
Data-bearing devices
Storage systems are often the most data-dense equipment a business sells. Decide how the drives and data are handled under your organization's own policy before the system leaves your site, and tell us whether drives are included.
Data-bearing devices in our FAQStorage Equipment: common questions
We are selling loose drives, not a complete system. Is this the right page?
No. Drives, SSDs and memory sold on their own are valued by part number on the hard drives, SSDs and RAM page. This page covers complete storage systems: arrays, NAS appliances, disk shelves and controllers.
Which configuration details matter most for a storage system?
The system model and generation, the number of controllers and shelves, and the drive count, type and capacity, or a note that the drives have been removed. Say whether the system is still installed or already de-installed.
Related equipment
Equipment that often leaves the business at the same time.
Servers
Rack, tower and blade servers
Hard Drives, SSDs & RAM
Loose drives and memory modules
Networking Equipment
Switches, routers and firewalls
Data Centers
Refresh, consolidation and migration projects
Ready to sell your storage equipment?
Send us your list or a short description of the storage equipment and we will prepare a valuation.
Get a ValuationOr contact us directly