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Why Most Power5 Shops Should Skip Straight to Current Generation
When hardware is this far behind, seven generations in Power5's case, the instinct to take a smaller, cheaper step forward is understandable. It's usually the wrong call.
Application testing effortNearly identical whether the target is Power7 or Power11, since Power5's IBM i ceiling requires a full compatibility pass either way
Support lifecycle gainedLanding on current generation buys the longest runway before this decision has to be made again
Total project countOne project to current generation, versus two projects if an intermediate hop is chosen first
See our migration paths and migration comparison pages for the full generation-by-generation breakdown.
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