Dell PowerVault Tape — PowerVault Tape 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 ML6000 was Mar 2024 (per the Dell End-of-Life list) — it is past end of service life.
ML6000 reached end of sale Mar 2019, per the Dell End-of-Life list.
Mar 2024 — per the Dell End-of-Life list.
After the last date of support, ML6000 units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. Dell no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.