1726-42X

IBM System Storage DS3400 — IBM System Storage DS3400 (storage system)

EOSL — PAST

124 mo

past end of service life

Lifecycle position

now

availableend of saleservice

AvailableJun 1986

End of saleNot published

End of serviceMar 2016IBM bulletin ↗

Options from here

Third-party maintenance

Keep it in production past the OEM cutoff with an independent maintainer.

Pre-stock spares

Buy spares now, while units still circulate on the secondary market.

Plan replacement

It is unsupported today — set a migration timeline and budget.

Run to failure

Low-criticality role — document the risk, harden backups, retire on your terms.

1726-42X — questions

Is the IBM 1726-42X still supported?

No. IBM's last date of support for 1726-42X was Mar 2016 (per the IBM end-of-sale bulletin) — it is past end of service life.

What is the last date of support (EOSL) for the 1726-42X?

Mar 2016 — per the IBM end-of-sale bulletin.

Can the 1726-42X be maintained after IBM support ends?

After the last date of support, 1726-42X units can often be kept in production through third-party maintenance providers. IBM no longer issues software fixes, support, or hardware replacement for it.