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Technical articles on IBM Power7 identification, end-of-support, hardware value, third-party maintenance, and migration planning through the full generation graph.
How to Read the Power Generation Graph
A short guide to this site's standout dataset: what the Power7-through-Power11 generation graph tracks, and how to use it for planning.
The IBM i 7.3 Ceiling: What It Means for Power7
IBM i 7.4 dropped Power7 support entirely, making IBM i 7.3 a hard software ceiling -- and that ceiling itself lost standard support in September 2023.
The Power7 Used Hardware Market in 2026
IBM withdrew Power7 from marketing a decade ago -- here's what the used and refurbished market actually looks like now, by model tier.
Third-Party Maintenance (TPM) for Power7, Explained
TPM keeps Power7 hardware running past IBM's own support window, at a fraction of OEM cost -- but it cannot restore IBM's firmware or IBM i patch stream.
What IBM Power7 End of Support Actually Means
End of support is not a shutdown switch. Here is exactly what changed -- and what didn't -- when IBM Power7 passed its own end-of-service dates in 2019 and 2020.