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IBM System Storage SONAS Storage Controller — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

IBM System Storage SONAS Storage Controller storage system. End-of-support (last date of support / EOSL) date from IBM's Product Lifecycle, linked to the IBM lifecycle page for verification. IBM publishes an end-of-support date but no separate end-of-sale date in this feed.

Is the IBM System Storage SONAS Storage Controller end of life?

Past end of service
10/100
High exposure
EOSL Exposure Score

Every tracked IBM System Storage SONAS Storage Controller SKU group is past IBM end of service life (last group Apr 2018). Units in production should be treated as unsupported. For past-EOSL units, weigh third-party maintenance, spares, replacement, or a documented run-to-failure.

Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 99 months ago
  • Vendor-published date, source-linked
  • Category: storage system

The score reflects support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only — it is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it’s calculated →

Action priority
Critical
Past end of service life — unsupported by the vendor.
End of service life
Apr 2018
Part numbers
1
Confidence
Vendor-published date
Last verified
Jul 2026
Source
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2851-DR1

EOSL — PAST
99 mo
past end of service
now
availableend of saleservice
AvailableMar 2010
End of saleNot published
End of serviceApr 2018IBM bulletin ↗

Options from here

Unsupported now

The IBM System Storage SONAS Storage Controller is past IBM end of service life. These are the paths teams take 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.

Independent and informational — EOSL.ai sells no hardware or maintenance and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the asset's role.

IBM System Storage SONAS Storage Controller — questions

Is the IBM System Storage SONAS Storage Controller end of life?

Yes — every tracked System Storage SONAS Storage Controller SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the System Storage SONAS Storage Controller?

Apr 2018 — per the IBM end-of-sale bulletin.

Where do these System Storage SONAS Storage Controller dates come from?

Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date on this page links to the official IBM end-of-sale bulletin it was taken from.

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IBM System Storage SONAS Storage Controller EOL / EOSL status
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