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Technical articles on IBM Power6 history, end-of-support risk, third-party maintenance, and migration planning.
Third-Party Maintenance Explained: What TPM Does and Doesn't Cover
Third-party maintenance keeps unsupported hardware physically running, but it has a hard limit worth understanding before you sign a contract.
What IBM Power6 End of Support Actually Means
End of support is not a shutdown switch. Here is exactly what changes, and what doesn't, when Power6 hardware passes its March 2019 IBM end-of-service date.