NetApp DS4246 end of service life: January 31, 2025.
NetApp DS4246 reached end of service life on January 31, 2025. NetApp no longer sells support contracts for it. Third-party maintenance covers it for 3 to 5+ years past that date.
- 2025-01-31
- NetApp EOSL date
- Past EOSL · 20 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 DS4246 keeps working. NetApp just stops answering.
End of service life is the date NetApp stops selling support contracts for the DS4246. 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 DS4246 spares in stock and support the platform for 3 to 5+ years past January 31, 2025 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, Dataknox, hardwarewartung. EOA not published publicly.
Data center hardware that lost OEM support in 2025 →
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.
DS4246 hit EOSL? That is when we start.
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