Here at Boston Labs we like to ensure our customers are up to date with the latest products and technologies wherever possible, so when we heard Intel are announcing that a number of their datacentre and SSD portfolio products are to be discontinued, we wanted to let you know right away.
To be specific, Intel has announced the End of Life timeline for the following products:
- Intel® SSD DC P3500 Series
- Intel® SSD DC P3600 Series
- Intel® SSD DC P3608 Series
- Intel® SSD DC P3700 Series
- Intel® SSD DC D3600 Series
- Intel® SSD DC D3700 Series
- Intel® SSD DC S3610 Series
- Intel® SSD DC S3710 Series
- Intel® SSD 750 Series
- Intel® SSD 540s Series
- Intel® SSD Pro 5400s Series
For a full list if product part codes, please contact your Boston sales representative
Forecasted Key Milestones:
| Product Discontinuance Program Support Begins: | April 30, 2017 |
| Product Last Demand Due Date: | May 19, 2017 |
| Last Product Discontinuance Order Date: | June 30, 2017 |
| Last Professional and Consumer Product Discontinuance Shipment Date: | Sept 30, 2017 |
| Last Datacenter Product Discontinuance Shipment Date: | Oct 31, 2017 |
The Intel® SSD Data Center, Professional and Consumer products detailed will be discontinued and unavailable for additional orders after the "Last Product Discontinuance Order Date."
As of the effective "Last Ship Date" Intel will stop shipping Intel® SSD DC P3500, P3600, P3608, P3700, S3610, S3710, D3600, D3700 Series and Intel® SSD 750, 540s Pro 5400s hardware.
What is the impact and recommended action?
Intel will make commercially reasonable efforts to support last time order quantities. As such, please provide your demand collection estimates before May 19, 2017, to your sales contact here at Boston.
However, due to supply limitations, customer Data Center orders may be fulfilled from the Intel® SSD DC P3520/S3520 Series as well as several other options which support the transition to future Intel SSD and Intel® Optane™ SSD products.
For Intel® SSD Client Family there are several options to support the transition to future Intel SSDs and Intel® Optane™ Memory.
Customers are strongly encouraged to immediately qualify and expedite ramp of 3D NAND and Intel® Optane™ Technology products, the local sales team here at Boston will be on hand and ready to help you select an appropriate replacement.
We look forward to helping you select and evaluate your next Intel SSD, so please don’t hesitate to contact us for our friendly, free advice.
Note – An Intel® SSD Embedded Family end of life product change notification is expected to be issued and published in January 2018, but Intel® reserve the right to change the End of Life notification schedule.