Dell File Management Appliance/CTA — File Management Appliance/CTA storage array
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 CTA8-APL was Dec 2023 (per the Dell End-of-Life list) — it is past end of service life.
CTA8-APL reached end of sale Apr 2018, per the Dell End-of-Life list.
Dec 2023 — per the Dell End-of-Life list.
After the last date of support, CTA8-APL units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Dell no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.