Is Purchasing Used SAN Frightening?

Written by GtoRMan Monday, 29 August 2011 18:17

As a website that runs the business on offering used components from famous brands like Used SAN, IBM, Dell, QLogic, NetApp, Brocade, hp, and some other, Techsuperstore pay a serious attention on customers’ satisfaction by providing quality products and professional services as well as experts’ supports.

Even though you may feel content with those descriptions, obtaining further information primarily about used components is important as well. In this article, you will be supplied with details regarding common myths of refurbished SAN storage equipment.

The first myth is that it is said refurbished SAN component is old. Of course it is reasonable because there are plenty generation systems and upgrades available out there. Start from the 15,000 rpm fibre to large SATA drives. Simply by making brief search on search engines, you will know that this is nothing but true.

Secondly, old is associated with used and it is also true that many components are sold after being refurbished. However, you should notice that some used components sold may never have been used at all. These details are obtained learning that many components are collected from many places and those components are parts of cancelled deals, liquidation event, or bankruptcies. It means, you are lucky if you get one of those components.

Used SAN storage equipment is close to the “soon-to-be-broken thing” myth. On the other hand, supported with storage experts, many used components sellers are growing very serious in managing their business since they don’t want to lose customers because of the “vulnerable” equipment. That’s why it is their best interest to provide high-quality products and nothing else. More importantly, many of them come with trusted warranty if should your purchased used component break sometime in the future.

Speaking of warranty, used component like refurbished storage products have remaining warranty and it is a good news that this remaining warranty can be transferred. As a result, the seller may even give the used component a 1 year warranty.

Also, the used components tend to have third party warranty options which are supported by the seller. This includes the maintenance and other services provided for you anytime you ask for. It is said that the third party provision against company policy, but the fact is the contrary. With this kind of warranty, the company will have enough money to help save jobs and invest in new projects.

So, you now realize that myth is just a myth, but you must not be afraid as it sometime says differently when you think more realistically.