Thank you Eric, luckily we don't have a need for any hardware changes,
and as long as the box is 'supported' MLC updates, card replacements due
to an error, my feeling is leadership is OK to stretch out our EOS well
past 2024.
historically, with other sites IBM has been offering some carrots to get
off old hardware maybe they will make us an offer we cannot refuse.
Carmen
On 8/18/2022 2:44 PM, Eric D Rossman wrote:
That was pretty much going to be my thinking too. I don't have any
insight into the decision.
Long ago, the time from GA to EOS was shorter (like 9 years or so), then
it slowly increased to 12-13 years (and even 14 for the z900 GA1), but
recent models has been slightly less (10-11 years), so my thinking (again I
don't have any OFFICIAL insight):
worst case: EOY 2024
best case: EOY 2026
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Hi Carmen,
Just taking a SWAG based on prior history, I would guess you're looking
at the end of 2026 for the z13 or z13s to fall off support.
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-mainframe-life-cycle-history
Rex
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I understand IBM has not officially published the EOL for the z13
processors but I'm wondering if anyone knows in advance when that date 'may
be'?
we're looking at some hardware options, and pricing some software, and
if we had an idea when our z13 was EOL that would help us make some
decisions on HW/SW thanks Carmen
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