1U Tape Drive Enclosure and LTO 6 tape drive end of life and end of support

[Aqashova]

Hi, dear team.

I need eol and eos dates for tape drives.Please help me

[sbhat09]

Hello @Aqashova,

Please specify the product model.

Regards,
Srinivas Bhat

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[Aqashova]

IBM 1U Tape Drive Enclosure-PN:87651
IBM Half High LTO Gen 6 FC Tape Drive-PN:35P0998

Thank you in advance

[sbhat09]

Hello @Aqashova,

They look like IBM products. You may look for details in IBM/Lenovo portals or forums.

Regards,
Srinivas Bhat

[Aqashova]

Dear @sbhat09  sorry for wrong tape drives.

These are HP.

HP SCSI rack mount kit HP LTO4 Ultr 1760 SCSI int TAPE Drive

[ace-rimmer]

the last firmware for that drive came out in 2011 so not long after that maybe

[Aqashova]

Hello @ace-rimmer ,

Do you know exactly information about dates?

[tapelibraryfixr]

Hi, no i couldnt find any specific dates from hpe web site.

[Curtis_Ballard · Accepted solution]

I don't have the details on the rack enclosure drive but I suspect the dates are very similar to the tape library drives.

According to my notes the tape library LTO-4 SAS drive was obsolete September 1, 2017 and end of support life September 30, 2022.

I think that information is usually posted to the HPE Support Center.

[Aqashova]

Dear @Curtis_Ballard  thank you for information.Do you have eol/eos dates info for LTO 6 tape drive?

[Curtis_Ballard]

The HPE LTO-6 tape drive end of life and end of support is not yet announced.  It will be announced 5 months before the EOL and end of support is always 5 years following EOL.