EOS, end of sale, is the date from which the OEM will no longer sell your equipment. This term is often used interchangeably with EOL and EOA. EOSL, end of service life/end of support life, is the date from which the OEM ends its provision of all support for your equipment.
Why is that?
OEMs, like IBM, Lenovo, HPE, Dell, EMC, NetApp, Fujitsu, Cisco, Oracle etc always try to sell the newest series and versions of server, storage, tape library, switch and other networking equipment and parts.
But no worries. You can still purchase these kind of products from several brokers, like us. Get in touch if you are interested: info@server-parts.eu.