NetApp
FAS and AFF controllers, DS and NS disk shelves. The most liquid secondary market in enterprise storage and the easiest to place.
NetApp, Dell EMC, HPE, Pure Storage and JBODs. Controllers, shelves and disks priced separately — which almost always beats one number for the rack.
Whole arrays, orphaned shelves, or the disks left over once the controllers have gone.
FAS and AFF controllers, DS and NS disk shelves. The most liquid secondary market in enterprise storage and the easiest to place.
Unity, PowerStore, PowerVault, ME4 and ME5, plus older SC and Compellent. Broad demand across the range.
MSA, Nimble, 3PAR and the D-series expansion shelves. Shelves in particular hold their value better than people expect.
FlashArray //X and //M. A narrower market and licensing rarely travels, so we price the hardware on its own merits.
Supermicro, Seagate Exos E, Western Digital Ultrastar Data enclosures. High-density chassis with a steady market.
Pulled out already? That is fine — see hard drives and SSDs, or list them here and we will sort it out.
This is where most sellers leave money behind. A single number for "the SAN" almost always comes in below the sum of its parts.
Model and generation. The head units carry the platform's identity but are frequently not where most of the value sits.
Expansion shelves have their own market, independent of the controllers. Orphaned shelves still sell perfectly well.
Often the single largest component of the total. Capacity, interface and count all matter, and bundling them into one array price costs you.
Vendor-specific caddies are worth real money and are useless to you once the array is gone. Send them.
Rarely transfers on used storage. We price the hardware on its own merits, but where a licence does travel it is worth flagging.
Both controllers, both PSUs, the SAS cables and the rails. A complete array is worth more than a nearly-complete one by more than the missing parts cost.
Arrays are heavy, awkward and easy to damage. The good news is that the easy way to ship them is also the right way.
Populated shelves travel better than loose drives, and it saves you pulling several hundred disks by hand. We do the counting at check-in.
We supply pallets, wrap and straps, book the carrier and issue the bill of lading ahead of pickup. Insured in transit at the agreed offer value.
In selected metros we come and do it. A fully populated 4U shelf is a two-person lift and not a job for whoever is free that afternoon.
SAS cables, rails and bezels are worth money and weigh nothing. They are also the first things to disappear during a decommission.
We check every shipment against the agreed list on arrival, tell you what we found, and pay by ACH — typically the same business day it lands.
Wrapped, strapped, cornerboarded
No. A single disk shelf is a real order and so is a whole SAN out of a facility close. Smaller units ship on a prepaid label; anything on pallets goes by freight we arrange and pay for.
An array is not one thing, so we do not price it as one. Controllers, shelves, disks and any transferable licensing are valued separately and then added up — that almost always beats a single number for the rack.
Because two arrays of the same model can differ by an order of magnitude depending on how many shelves hang off them and what is in those shelves. Any published figure would be wrong for most people.
Usually yes. Populated shelves travel better than loose drives and caddies, and it saves you pulling several hundred disks. We will tell you if a particular lot is an exception.
Yes, and that is deliberate. Disks frequently carry more value than the shelf they sit in, so bundling them into one array price tends to cost you money. We break them out.
Yes. Shelves without their controllers still sell — NetApp DS-series, Dell PowerVault, HPE D-series and generic Supermicro JBODs all have a market.
No. We buy hardware that was working when it came out of service, because we sell it on to be used again. If part of the lot is questionable, flag it when you send the list.
ACH once the shipment is checked in against the agreed list, typically the same business day it lands. Wire on request. We don't pay cash, and ID is required prior to payment.
Send the list — one shelf or a whole SAN, anywhere in the USA. Controllers, shelves and disks priced separately.
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