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IBM FlashSystem 820 — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTIBM ended support in January 2018.

IBM FlashSystem 820 storage system. End-of-support (last date of support / EOSL) date from IBM's Product Lifecycle, linked to the IBM lifecycle page for verification. The end-of-sale date shown is the IBM end-of-marketing date, published as "no longer available for order, withdrawn from market".

Every tracked IBM FlashSystem 820 SKU group is past IBM end of service life (last group Jan 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

Apr 2013

End of sale

Apr 2014

Last date of support

Jan 2018

Part numbers

1

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103

months past last support

Support Runway Score10/100 · Little or no runway
Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 103 months ago
  • Vendor-published date, source-linked
  • Category: storage system

Support-lifecycle timing and source confidence only. Higher means more runway. It is not a risk, safety or compliance rating. How it is calculated

Figure 1. IBM issues no software maintenance and no security fixes for this product. Third-party maintenance, spares or replacement are the paths from here. EOSL.ai sells none of them and takes no placement fee.

Part number in this family

All 1 share the dates above. Find your exact part to confirm.

Part numberDescriptionEnd of saleLast supportStatus
9831-AE2IBM FlashSystem 820 (storage system)Apr 2014Jan 2018Past support

Options from here

The IBM FlashSystem 820 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 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.

IBM FlashSystem 820 — questions

Is the IBM FlashSystem 820 end of life?

Yes. Every tracked FlashSystem 820 SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the FlashSystem 820?

Jan 2018, per the IBM end-of-sale bulletin.

Where do these FlashSystem 820 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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