HPE HDD in Egypt — ICD3S
Spinning drives are not dead in Egypt — they are the cheapest way to keep a Banque du Caire branch-backup job or a MCIT archive node alive post-warranty. Every quarter ICD gets calls from petroleum firms running ProLiant DL380 Gen9 with twelve 2TB 7.2K NL-SAS in an MSA 2050 DAS, and the question is always the same: can you deliver four 881782-B21 replacements by tomorrow morning in Maadi and bill in EGP? Yes — from 4,288 HPE HDD SKUs in the Cairo warehouse, under HS 8473.30 (0% ITA duty) and 14% recoverable VAT for B2B buyers with a tax ID.
Top 5 HPE part numbers in stock
| Part Number | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| EG0300FCVBF | EG0300FCVBF 300-GB 6G 10K 2.5 DP SAS HDD | HPE 10K SAS HDD 2.5 SFF |
| R6J18A | R6J18A HPE Alletra 5000 14TB SAS 12G Nc Spare HDD | HPE Storage SAS HDD |
| R6J17A | R6J17A HPE Alletra 5000 10TB SAS 12G Nc Spare HDD | HPE Storage SAS HDD |
| R6J16A | R6J16A HPE Alletra 5000 6TB SAS 12G Nc Spare HDD | HPE Storage SAS HDD |
| R6J14A | R6J14A HPE Alletra 5000 2TB SAS 12G Nc Spare HDD | HPE Storage SAS HDD |
Compatible HPE server models in Egypt
- HPE Synergy 12000 (Synergy)
- HPE BL460c Gen9 (Gen9, EOSL 2025-07-22)
- ProLiant BL460c Gen9 (Gen9, EOSL 2025-07-22)
- ProLiant DL160 Gen9 (Gen9, EOSL 2025-07-22)
- ProLiant DL360 Gen9 (Gen9, EOSL 2025-07-22)
- ProLiant DL380 Gen9 (Gen9, EOSL 2025-07-22)
- ProLiant DL560 Gen9 (Gen9, EOSL 2025-07-22)
- ProLiant DL580 Gen9 (Gen9, EOSL 2025-07-22)
- HPE BL460c Gen8 (Gen8, EOSL 2021-06-13)
- ProLiant DL360 Gen8 (Gen8, EOSL 2021-06-13)
10K SAS vs 7.2K NL-SAS SmartDrive Carrier compatibility
The SmartDrive Carrier trips experienced technicians regularly. Gen8 SFF carriers (with the silver release lever) do not snap into Gen9/Gen10 SFF bays without friction, and the Gen10 Basic Carrier (BC, the matte-finish rounded version) is not interchangeable with the Gen9 Smart Carrier (SC). Mixing 10K SAS (P28625-B21 class, 300GB/600GB/1.2TB SFF) with 7.2K NL-SAS LFF drives (881782-B21 class, 8TB LFF SC Helium 512E) in the same DL380 Gen10 chassis is fine electrically — the SAS expander backplane handles both — but the physical carriers are different SKUs and not cross-compatible. Mid-line 7.2K NL-SAS is rated for 55°C inlet and sustained-archive duty cycles; 10K SAS is rated for random IOPS and database duty. Mixing them in a single RAID group works but wastes the 10K IOPS on the 7.2K tail latency. Taj’s rule for Egypt banks running legacy Gen9: keep RAID groups homogeneous, use LFF 7.2K for D6020 DAS archive, use SFF 10K/15K inside the chassis for database tiers.
Egypt logistics and customs reality
ICD dispatches from Maadi HQ at 22 Street 299 — a two-van metro fleet covers Greater Cairo (Maadi, New Cairo, Heliopolis, Nasr City, Giza, 6th October, the NAC ministerial zone) inside 2-6 working hours. DHL and Aramex hand off for Alexandria, Mansoura, Tanta, Suez, Ismailia and Hurghada as next-day, with Upper Egypt (Assiut, Luxor, Aswan) on a two-day corridor. Aramex receiving mailbox for inbound international consolidation: CAI (ICD primary), CAI (Boulevard Egypt sister entity for RAM/CPU small-form-factor), and DXB for NTRA-gated wireless re-exports. Non-wireless HPE spares move under HS 8473.30 at 0% ITA duty plus 14% recoverable VAT — NTRA approval is not required for memory, HDD, SSD, wired NICs or storage controllers.
قطع غيار HPE أصلية من المخزون المصري — فاتورة بالدولار أو الجنيه، تسليم نفس اليوم للقاهرة الكبرى.
How ICD handles HPE HDD orders in Egypt
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