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. The end-of-sale date shown is the IBM end-of-marketing date, published as "no longer available for order, withdrawn from market".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 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.
Available
Sep 2000
End of sale
Sep 2004 – Mar 2019
Last date of support
Jul 2017 – Dec 2023
Part numbers
7
109
months past last support
Why this score
- Past end of service life — 109 months ago
- Vendor-published date, source-linked
- Category: tape storage
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 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3584-D32 | IBM TS3500 Tape Drive (tape storage) | Sep 2004 | Jul 2017 | Past support |
| 3584-L22 | IBM TS3500 Tape Drive (tape storage) | Jun 2006 | Dec 2021 | Past support |
| 3584-L23 | IBM TS3500 Tape Drive (tape storage) | Oct 2016 | Dec 2023 | Past support |
| 3584-L53 | IBM TS3500 Tape Drive (tape storage) | Oct 2016 | Dec 2023 | Past support |
| 3584-D53 | IBM TS3500 Tape Drive (tape storage) | Mar 2019 | Dec 2023 | Past support |
| 3584-D23 | IBM TS3500 Tape Drive (tape storage) | Mar 2019 | Dec 2023 | Past support |
| 3584-SC1 | IBM TS3500 Tape Drive (tape storage) | Apr 2017 | Dec 2021 | Past support |
Options from here
The 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 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 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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