Difference between revisions of "Product EOL Notifications"

Revision as of 09:22, 22 August 2023

QuantaStor product Security Updates EOL timeline follows the Ubuntu Server LTS EOL timelines. OSNEXUS supports QuantaStor installations through their full subscription term irrespective of the QuantaStor version but EOL versions may require an upgrade to address a given support ticket. We urge customers to upgrade at least annually to keep their QuantaStor deployments current. Some deployments may require a maintenance windows for upgrades especially when moving up the major version (example, QS 4 to QS 5) which upgrades the underlying Linux distribution. Keeping current with releases also keeps a deployment current with the latest security updates from the Linux community.

• QuantaStor v6.1+ releases [CURRENT RELEASE]
  • Derivative of Ubuntu 20.04.x LTS
  • EOL April, 2025
• QuantaStor v5.x releases [EOL - UPGRADE REQUIRED]
  • Derivative of Ubuntu 18.04.x LTS
  • EOL April, 2023
• QuantaStor v5.x releases [EOL - UPGRADE REQUIRED]
  • Derivative of Ubuntu 16.04.x LTS
  • EOL April, 2021
• QuantaStor v4.x and older releases [EOL - UPGRADE REQUIRED]

QuantaStor Systems refer to the Ubuntu LTS security package servers so that important security updates can be quickly applied as they are made available by the community. To maintain support on proper security compliance of QuantaStor Systems they should be upgraded on a regular basis using the 'sudo qs-upgrade' command at the console or via a SSH connection to the system.

Hardware Enablement Kernel Updates

QuantaStor releases occasionally include new kernel updates to support the latest storage and networking hardware. Kernel updates come out typically once or twice a year at most and generally align with the Ubuntu LTS Kernel releases.