IBM TS3500 Tape Drive — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
IBM TS3500 Tape Drive tape storage. 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 TS3500 Tape Drive end of life?
Past end of serviceEvery tracked IBM TS3500 Tape Drive SKU group is past IBM end of service life (last group Dec 2023). 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 — 108 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Category: tape storage
The score reflects support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only — it is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it’s calculated →
3584-D32
EOSL — PAST1 SKU in this group
3584-L22
EOSL — PAST1 SKU in this group
3584-L23 / 3584-L53 / 3584-D53 / 3584-D23
EOSL — PAST3584-SC1
EOSL — PAST1 SKU in this group
Options from here
Unsupported nowThe IBM TS3500 Tape Drive is past IBM end of service life. These are the paths teams take from here:
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.
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 TS3500 Tape Drive — questions
Is the IBM TS3500 Tape Drive end of life?
Yes — every tracked TS3500 Tape Drive SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the TS3500 Tape Drive?
Last dates of support across TS3500 Tape Drive SKU groups range from Jul 2017 to Dec 2023.
Where do these TS3500 Tape Drive 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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