Out-year maintenance is a bill you get when the storage system you bought comes out of the initial service coverage that was included when you purchased the unit. In some ways this is the best case scenario for replacement. The downside is the shock at the cost of the first out-of-warranty maintenance bill and realizing its almost cheaper to buy a new system. New customer aquizition is very costly for suppliers. If the vendor would have just maintained them at a reasonable price they would have been able to enjoy more of the advantages of being the incumbent.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/database-security/is-out-year-maintenance-really-motivation-