404 of the 563 models in our EOSL library are past their end of service life date. That is 72 percent. The OEM sells no support contract for any of them. The median model on that list passed EOSL 3.7 years ago.
Which OEM has the most hardware past EOSL?
| OEM | Models | Past EOSL | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM | 108 | 105 | 97% |
| NetApp | 82 | 68 | 83% |
| Dell | 120 | 85 | 71% |
| HPE | 104 | 67 | 64% |
| Cisco | 149 | 79 | 53% |
IBM has the highest share past EOSL: 105 of 108. Cisco has the lowest: 79 of 149.
EOSL dates by year
2024 has the most EOSL dates in the library, with 67.
What past EOSL means for the hardware you run
Past EOSL does not mean broken. It means the OEM will not sell you a contract, ship you a part under one, or send an engineer. If one of these models runs production, someone else has to hold the spares. We support hardware 3 to 5+ years past EOSL with a 4-hour on-site SLA. Look up your models or price maintenance.
Short answers
How much data center hardware is past end of service life?
404 of the 563 Cisco, Dell, HPE, IBM and NetApp models in the Datacenterservices.ai EOSL library are past their EOSL date, or 72 percent. The median model on that list passed EOSL 3.7 years ago. The OEM sells no support contract for any of them.
Which OEM has the most hardware past EOSL?
In the Datacenterservices.ai EOSL library, IBM has the highest share past EOSL: 105 of 108 models. Cisco has the lowest: 79 of 149. The library tracks 563 models from 5 OEMs, each date with a linked source.