IBM Hard Drives in Nigeria
Nigeria is West Africa’s largest server market, and ICD ships IBM enterprise parts into Lagos and Abuja to support a colocation sector that is expanding quickly. ICD keeps a working inventory of genuine IBM hot-swap SAS and NL-SAS hard drives for the System x line — the platform that grew out of IBM’s x86 server business and is still in production across the region. Whether you are keeping an older x3650 alive or scaling a newer M5 fleet, the parts on this page are real, in-catalog IBM units we can quote and ship.
Popular pulls right now include 00FN228 IBM 6-TB 7.2K 3.5 SAS 12G NL G2HS HDD, with the full IBM HDD range below.
IBM Hard Drives models we stock
Every part below is a genuine IBM FRU/option held in our catalog. Spec data is read from the part itself — match the part number to your server’s machine type before ordering.
| IBM Part | Capacity | Interface / speed / FF | Fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 90Y8944 | 146 GB | SAS 15K 2.5" | Flex System x240 |
| 00W1533 | 2 TB | NL-SAS 7.2K 3.5" | Flex System x240 |
| 00NA622 | 1 TB | SATA 7.2K 2.5" | System x3500 M5 |
| 81Y3853 | 900 GB | SAS 10K 2.5" | System x3550 M4 / M5 |
| 00FN228 | 6 TB | SAS 7.2K 3.5" | System x3500 M5 |
| 43W7622 | 1 TB | SATA 7.2K 3.5" | System x3250 M5 / M6 |
| 00FX369 | 283 GB | SAS 15K SFF | System x3250 M5 / M6 |
Need it spec’d against your exact chassis? 43W7622 IBM 1-TB 7.2K SATA 3.5 Ss HDD is one of several configurations we hold — send us the machine type and we will confirm the right carrier and firmware level.
Drive bays, trays and SAS generations
IBM System x servers carry hot-swap drives in colour-coded G2HS and G3HS carriers — the 2.5-inch SFF tray for the high-density x3550/x3650 bays and the 3.5-inch LFF tray for capacity-oriented chassis. Getting the carrier generation right matters: a G2HS sled will not always seat in a G3HS backplane, so we match the tray to the exact machine type before we ship.
Spindle choice follows the workload. 15K and 10K SAS drives suit transactional databases and virtualisation, while 7.2K NL-SAS units give you bulk capacity for archives and backup targets at a lower cost per terabyte. All of the drives below are enterprise-class SAS or NL-SAS — not desktop SATA — rated for 24×7 duty in a redundant array.
Buying IBM hard drives in Nigeria
Lagos is the commercial and data-centre heart of the country — carrier-neutral facilities such as Rack Centre and the MainOne ecosystem sit here — while Abuja covers federal and institutional workloads. Import typically routes through Lagos port.
What Lagos buyers get from ICD: We handle the documentation that Lagos port clearance demands, consolidate spares to cut freight, and keep legacy System x parts available for the large installed base still in production across Nigerian enterprises.
For a fast example, 90Y8944 IBM 146-GB 15K 6G 2.5 SAS SED G2HS HDD ships from the same stock that serves our Nigeria customers.
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