IBM Power E850C (8408-44E) end of service life: October 31, 2024.
IBM Power E850C (8408-44E) reached end of service life on October 31, 2024. IBM no longer sells support contracts for it. Third-party maintenance covers it for 3 to 5+ years past that date.
- 2024-10-31
- IBM EOSL date
- Past EOSL · 23 mo ago
- Status today
- 3 to 5+ yrs
- Post-EOSL coverage with us
- 40 to 70%
- Below the IBM contract
Free. No credit card. No sales call unless you ask.
What changes at EOSL
The Power E850C (8408-44E) keeps working. IBM just stops answering.
End of service life is the date IBM stops selling support contracts for the Power E850C (8408-44E). It is a commercial decision, not a technical one. The server still runs, its failure modes are well documented, and spares are available on the secondary market.
We keep Power E850C (8408-44E) spares in stock and support the platform for 3 to 5+ years past October 31, 2024 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 IBM's.
POWER8; MTM 8408-44E; withdrawn from marketing 2019-02-26; EOS letter not listed in IBM lifecycle record
Source: IBM's own lifecycle record. View source Dates can change. Confirm for your serial numbers before you plan around it.
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