Dell VNX5500 end of service life: December 31, 2019.
Dell VNX5500 reached end of service life on December 31, 2019. Dell no longer sells support contracts for it. Third-party maintenance covers it for 3 to 5+ years past that date.
- 2019-12-31
- Dell EOSL date
- Past EOSL · 82 mo ago
- Status today
- 3 to 5+ yrs
- Post-EOSL coverage with us
- 40 to 70%
- Below the Dell contract
Free. No credit card. No sales call unless you ask.
What changes at EOSL
The VNX5500 keeps working. Dell just stops answering.
End of service life is the date Dell stops selling support contracts for the VNX5500. It is a commercial decision, not a technical one. The storage still runs, its failure modes are well documented, and spares are available on the secondary market.
We keep VNX5500 spares in stock and support the platform for 3 to 5+ years past December 31, 2019 with in-house L3+ engineers 24/7/365, a 4-hour on-site SLA, and month-to-month terms. Most customers use that window to refresh on their own schedule instead of Dell's.
End of ship 2014-12-31; Park Place + eosl.date
Source: two or more independent EOSL databases that agree; the OEM does not publish this date. View source Dates can change. Confirm for your serial numbers before you plan around it.
VNX5500 hit EOSL? That is when we start.
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