Dell File Management Appliance — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates
Dell File Management Appliance — storage array. End-of-sale (Dell EOL) and end-of-standard-support (EOSS) dates from Dell’s published End-of-Life list (Dell KB 000185734).
Every tracked Dell File Management Appliance SKU group is past Dell end of service life (last group Mar 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.
Available
Sep 2006
End of sale
Apr 2007 – Apr 2013
Last date of support
Apr 2012 – Mar 2018
Part numbers
4
172
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 172 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Category: storage array
Support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only. Higher means more runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it is calculated
Part numbers in this family
Dates vary across 4 groups in this family, so every row carries its own. Find your exact part before you plan.
| Part number | Description | End of sale | Last support | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gen 4 | File Management Appliance storage array | Apr 2007 | Apr 2012 | Past support |
| Gen 5 | File Management Appliance storage array | Jul 2008 | Jul 2013 | Past support |
| Gen 6 | File Management Appliance storage array | Jul 2010 | Jul 2015 | Past support |
| Gen 7 | File Management Appliance storage array | Apr 2013 | Mar 2018 | Past support |
Options from here
The Dell File Management Appliance is past Dell 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 and no maintenance, and lists no paid placements. Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported gear in production past the OEM cutoff; whether it fits depends on the role the asset plays.
Dell File Management Appliance — questions
Is the Dell File Management Appliance end of life?
Yes. Every tracked File Management Appliance SKU group is past its last date of support.
What is the last date of support for the File Management Appliance?
Last dates of support across File Management Appliance SKU groups range from Apr 2012 to Mar 2018.
Where do these File Management Appliance dates come from?
Every end-of-sale and end-of-service-life date on this page links to the official Dell End-of-Life list it was taken from.
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