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IBM System Storage DS3300 — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTIBM ended support in March 2016.

IBM System Storage DS3300 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 The end-of-sale date shown is the IBM end-of-marketing date, published as "no longer available for order, withdrawn from market".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 System Storage DS3300 SKU group is past IBM end of service life (last group Mar 2016). 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

Jun 1986

End of sale

Jan 2011

Last date of support

Dec 2015 – Mar 2016

Part numbers

2

IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗1726-32X · verified Aug 2026
IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗1726-31X · verified Aug 2026
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128

months past last support

Support Runway Score10/100 · Little or no runway
Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 128 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 numbers in this family

Dates vary across 2 groups in this family, so every row carries its own. Find your exact part before you plan.

Part numberDescriptionEnd of saleLast supportStatus
1726-32XIBM System Storage DS3300 (storage system)Jan 2011Dec 2015Past support
1726-31XIBM System Storage DS3300 (storage system)Jan 2011Mar 2016Past support
IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗1726-32X · verified Aug 2026
IBM end-of-sale bulletin ↗1726-31X · verified Aug 2026

Options from here

The IBM System Storage DS3300 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 System Storage DS3300 — questions

Is the IBM System Storage DS3300 end of life?

Yes. Every tracked System Storage DS3300 SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the System Storage DS3300?

Last dates of support across System Storage DS3300 SKU groups range from Dec 2015 to Mar 2016.

Where do these System Storage DS3300 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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