Sun leads mid range Unix server market

Palo Alto 15 Mar 00 For the fifth quarter, Sun Microsystems outpaced both IBM and HP in shipments of midrange Unix servers, according to International Data Corp.'s quarterly report on the server market. Sun shipped 8,053 midrange Unix units during the fourth quarter of 1999. HP logged 6,842 midrange Unix shipments and IBM registered 2,669 shipments.

The IDC report -- the industry's standard yardstick for measuring the server market -- classifies midrange servers as those costing between $100,000 and $1 million. The top-selling Sun Enterprise 4500, 5500 and 6500 servers, which seamlessly scale up to 30 CPUs and run the Solaris Operating Environment, fall in this class. Competitors' midrange systems include the RS/6000 S80 "Condor" and the HP 9000 Series V2500.

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