Dell EMC Data Manager (EDM) — EMC Data Manager (EDM) data protection
Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.
Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.
It is unsupported today — set a migration timeline and budget.
Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.
No. Dell's last date of support for LTO-1 Tape Drives was Mar 2009 (per the Dell End-of-Life list) — it is past end of service life.
LTO-1 Tape Drives reached end of sale Mar 2005, per the Dell End-of-Life list.
Mar 2009 — per the Dell End-of-Life list.
After the last date of support, LTO-1 Tape Drives units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Dell no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.