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IBM System Storage DS4200 — End-of-Life & EOSL Dates

PAST VENDOR SUPPORTIBM ended support in January 2017.

IBM System Storage DS4200 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 The end-of-sale date shown is the IBM end-of-marketing date, published as "no longer available for order, withdrawn from market".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 DS4200 SKU group is past IBM end of service life (last group Jan 2017). 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

Oct 2007

End of sale

Jul 2014

Last date of support

Jan 2017

Part numbers

1

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115

months past last support

Support Runway Score10/100 · Little or no runway
Why this score
  • Past end of service life — 115 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
1814-7VAIBM System Storage DS4200 (storage system)Jul 2014Jan 2017Past support

Options from here

The IBM System Storage DS4200 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 DS4200 — questions

Is the IBM System Storage DS4200 end of life?

Yes. Every tracked System Storage DS4200 SKU group is past its last date of support.

What is the last date of support for the System Storage DS4200?

Jan 2017, per the IBM end-of-sale bulletin.

Where do these System Storage DS4200 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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