Refurbished Data Center Hardware

Choosing Used and Refurbished Hardware

In today’s economy, choosing used and refurbished hardware can be a great way of saving important budget dollars. When your company doesn’t absolutely require the latest, greatest technology, a refurbished hardware solution can make sense when working with a trusted, proven partner.

Please know that all IBM hardware we sell is completely checked and reconfigured in our own Reconfiguration Lab. Additionally, it is IBM certified, banded and guaranteed eligible for the manufacturer’s maintenance program. This simply means that the hardware is guaranteed by IBM as being in good working order.

When you choose refurbished hardware from Top Gun Technology, you accomplish several things:

  • You free yourself from several of the manufacturer’s requirements for upgrades and ongoing support, etc.
  • You are able to further the life of other footprints in your data center and maximize ROI
  • You encourage healthy competition and gain leverage in future pricing with the manufacturer
  • You get a chance to see how customer service can be flexible, supportive and extremely helpful
  • You’ll learn creative ways of managing your hardware environment to further reduce costs in several key areas

With Top Gun Technology, you can buy refurbished IBM zSeries mainframes, IBM pSeries servers, IBM tape and IBM disk storage, connectivity products and Cisco networking products.

Hardware Consultation & Technical Support

From our sales staff to our Top Gun engineering team, we are always available to consult with you on any planning matters, configuration issues, industry trends or product intelligence that you may be seeking.

This country’s largest IT outsourcers, leasing companies, hardware brokerages and data center management rely on us for guidance and our expertise. Our staff and technical experts are available to help you with:

  • Hardware trends and future pricing models
  • Hardware configuration models to maximize productivity while controlling costs
  • Capacity planning assistance
  • Hardware requirements, upgrade scheduling, patch guidance
  • Hardware migrations, data center consolidation or data center relocation
  • Pre-sales guidance, FMV values for hardware, parts, features and add-ons
  • Pre-sales advice on maintenance contract SLAs and FMV pricing

We typically do not charge for initial consultations; however, in-depth analysis and guidance may require that we put together a more formal proposal. That said, please know that we’ll do whatever we can to go above and beyond your expectations and answer the questions you have in a timely and thorough manner.