NetApp AFF8020 end of service life: July 31, 2021.
NetApp AFF8020 reached end of service life on July 31, 2021. NetApp no longer sells support contracts for it. Third-party maintenance covers it for 3 to 5+ years past that date.
- 2021-07-31
- NetApp EOSL date
- Past EOSL · 63 mo ago
- Status today
- 3 to 5+ yrs
- Post-EOSL coverage with us
- 40 to 70%
- Below the NetApp contract
Free. No credit card. No sales call unless you ask.
What changes at EOSL
The AFF8020 keeps working. NetApp just stops answering.
End of service life is the date NetApp stops selling support contracts for the AFF8020. 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 AFF8020 spares in stock and support the platform for 3 to 5+ years past July 31, 2021 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 NetApp's.
Agrees: Park Place, eosl.date, ReluTech, hardwarewartung, DataCenterLifecycle. EOA 2016-07-31.
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.
AFF8020 hit EOSL? That is when we start.
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