Dell HDD in Nigeria — 10K SAS SFF and NL-SAS LFF for Banks, Telcos and Colocation Tenants
Rack Centre in Lagos (Digital Realty majority stake since 2022) and the former MainOne MDX-i campus (Equinix since 2022) represent roughly two-thirds of commercial Nigerian colocation capacity. Inside those rooms sit the Dell EMC Unity XT and PowerVault ME4024 arrays that back MTN, Airtel, Zenith Bank and GTCO workloads. The 2Africa submarine cable landing in 2024 added considerable new compute and storage pull into Lagos; SAS HDD demand tracks the refresh-extension logic rather than net-new deployment — the banks are patching fleets, not forklift-replacing them, through the current forex cycle.
Dell HDD Stock Shipping Lagos-Bound
- X160K — X160K Dell 146-GB 10K 3G 2.5 SP SAS W/F830C
- 005053184 — Dell EMC Unity Xt 16TB 7.2K 12GB NL-SAS HDD 3.5" LFF (15-DISK Dae)
- 005053183 — Dell EMC Unity Xt 14TB 7.2K 12GB NL-SAS HDD 3.5" LFF (15-DISK Dae)
- 005053182 — Dell EMC Unity Xt 12TB 7.2K 12GB NL-SAS HDD 3.5" LFF (15-DISK Dae)
- 005053181 — Dell EMC Unity Xt 10TB 7.2K 12GB NL-SAS HDD 3.5" LFF (15-DISK Dae)
Supported Dell Platforms
- PowerEdge R470 (17G)
- PowerEdge R570 (17G)
- PowerEdge R670 (17G)
- PowerEdge R770 (17G)
- PowerEdge MX760c (16G)
- PowerEdge R260 (16G)
- PowerEdge R360 (16G)
- PowerEdge R660 (16G)
- PowerEdge R660XS (16G)
- PowerEdge R6615 (16G)
Unity XT 80-Disk DAE Replenishment at Nigerian Tier-1s
Zenith, GTCO and Access run Dell EMC Unity 380/480/680 with 80-disk 2.5″ SFF DAEs populated with 2.4TB 10K SAS. When one of those DAEs needs spare disks, the quote needs to be USD-denominated, PAAR-pre-filed, SONCAP-certified and landed in Lagos inside a week. We carry the exact Dell Unity XT 2.4TB 10K 12Gb SAS 2.5″ SFF drive SKU in Cairo for exactly this pattern.
Customs Path
HS 8471.70. 5% CIF duty, FIRS VAT 7.5%. PAAR pre-file with Lagos consolidator before DHL bird departure. SONCAP PVoC from SGS Cairo attached. Murtala Muhammed Cargo clearance 2-5 business days.
The Telco Transport Gear Angle
MTN and Airtel transport-layer servers behind the BSS/OSS stack run Dell PowerEdge with NL-SAS LFF arrays. 4TB and 8TB 7.2K NL-SAS drives feed those rack systems — and they are reaching wear-out in exactly the 2024-2027 window that matches the forex-frozen refresh cycle.
Shipping
CAI → LOS via DHL Express 4-6 business days. Abuja ABV secondary for Federal government. WAT UTC+1 working hours Monday to Friday.
Contact
Email [email protected] or WhatsApp +20 10 4022 2214.