Oracle SuperCluster
end of support information
SUPERCLUSTER
End of support information
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Oracle's systems support policies only commit to providing guaranteed support for their engineered systems products for five (5) years from when they were last sold (last ship date).
Extend SuperCluster Support with Natrinsic
Natrinsic provides an extended support solution for SuperCluster appliances with SLAs for hardware and remote responses you can depend on.
SuperCluster appliances achieve their impressive performance and reliability in part due to their highly interdependent configuration of hardware, operating system and software. This complexity requires a team of experienced engineers to properly maintain and repair them properly.
The Natrinsic SuperCluster support team is experienced in providing a break-fix service that covers:
- All storage, server, and networking hardware
- Solaris OS/Exadata software/Database software
Understanding Oracle's End of support policy
Natrinsic's experts can help you to determine when support ends for your Oracle Engineered System. Oracle publishes all of the information required to confirm the end of support date for your system. Some of these documents are available to the general public, while others are located on the My Oracle Support portal, which will require you to have access.
It boils down to this:
- Once your system reaches five (5) years past the "last ship date," Oracle no-longer stands by their response SLAs OR their hardware availability.
- "After five years from last ship date, replacement parts may not be available and/or the response times for sending replacement parts may be delayed." * (Source Link - page 12,18,19,21,23)
- Natrinsic refers to this as the "effective end-of-support date" in the table below.
- Oracle WILL still sell you a support service for your engineered system after it reaches five (5) years past its last ship date, it just won't guarantee hardware, or when/if a field engineer will arrive to fix your system.
How to check your appliance last ship date:
- You can access My Oracle Support and read this document titled: "List of Supported Oracle Hardware (With Last Ship Dates Announced)"(MOS doc ID: 1450710.1)
- You can also view this public-facing Oracle document called "Oracle Exadata - A guide for decision makers" and see the table of last ship dates on page 10.
- There are other vendors who are sharing some of this information online. It is always best to verify the correct information via My Oracle Support.
Oracle SuperCluster End-Of-Life: By appliance generation
SuperCluster appliance generation | Last Ship Date (LSD) | Effective end-of-support (EOS) date |
---|---|---|
SPARC SuperCluster T4-4 | September, 2013 | September, 2018 |
SuperCluster T5-8 | August, 2016 | August, 2021 |
SuperCluster M6-32 | December, 2016 | December, 2021 |
SuperCluster M7-8 | December, 2017 | December, 2022 |
SuperCluster M8 | June, 2019 | June, 2024 |
Oracle ZFS appliance model | Last ship date (LSD) | Effective end-of-support (EOS) date |
---|---|---|
ZFS Backup Appliance |
February, 2017 |
February, 2022 |
ZFS Backup Appliance ZS5-2 |
August, 2017 |
August, 2022 |
ZFS Backup Appliance ZS5-4 |
August, 2017 |
August, 2022 |
ZFS Storage Appliance Racked System ZS4-4 |
February, 2017 |
February, 2022 |
ZFS Storage Appliance Racked System ZS5-2 |
February, 2019 |
February, 2024 |
ZFS Storage Appliance Racked System ZS5-4 |
May, 2019 |
May, 2024 |
ZFS Storage ZS3-2 |
February, 2017 |
February, 2022 |
ZFS Storage ZS3-4 |
February, 2015 |
February, 2020 |
ZFS Storage ZS3-BA |
February, 2015 |
February, 2020 |
ZFS Storage ZS4-4 |
February, 2017 |
February, 2022 |
ZFS Storage ZS5-2 |
February, 2019 |
February, 2024 |
ZFS Storage ZS5-4 |
February, 2019 |
February, 2024 |
Sun Storage 7110 (XTA7110) |
November, 2010 |
November, 2015 |
Sun Storage 7210 (XTA7210) |
July, 2010 |
July, 2015 |
Sun Storage 7310 (XTA7310) |
November, 2010 |
November, 2015 |
Sun Storage 7310 SAS2.0 (XTC7310) |
December, 2010 |
December, 2015 |
Sun Storage 7410 (XTA7410) |
November, 2010 |
November, 2015 |
Sun Storage 7410 SAS2.0 (XTC7410) |
December, 2010 |
December, 2015 |
Sun ZFS Backup Appliance |
December, 2013 |
December, 2018 |
Sun ZFS Storage 7120 (TA7120) |
November, 2013 |
November, 2018 |
Sun ZFS Storage 7320 (TA7320) |
November, 2013 |
November, 2018 |
Sun ZFS Storage 7420 (TA7420) |
May, 2014 |
May, 2019 |
Sun ZFS Storage 7720 (TA7720) |
June, 2011 |
June, 2016 |
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