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Linux servers topped a billion dollars for the first time in Q3, according to IDC. They accounted for 9.2% of all server revenues.
Revenues were up 42.6%; unit shipments up 31.7%.
By comparison, Windows server revenues grew 13.3% to $3.9 billion and accounted for 33.9% of the quarter's server revenues. Unit shipments of Windows servers were up 19.1%.
Unix server revenues declined 2.3% to $4 billion.
IDC found Linux deployments in both technical and commercial environments were strong.
HP maintained its top spot with 26.9% of the Linux market followed by IBM with 20.5% and Dell with 17.4%, but IBM is still ahead in revenues to Hewlett-Packard's number two.
IDC estimated IBM's total Q3 server revenues at $3.66 billion giving it 31.7% of the market compared to HP's $3.09 billion and 26.8% share. Year-over-year IBM is up from 31.4%, while HP declined from 27.5%.
However, in terms of unit shipped HP was first.
Total server unit shipments grew 18.7%.
Sun's server revenues were almost flat while its market share fell from 10.7% to 10.2%.
Dell boosted both its revenues and market share. Its revenues rose from $1.02 billion to $1.17 billion while its market share grew from 9.4% to 10.1% year-over-year.
IDC said worldwide server revenues grew 5.5% year-over-year to $11.5 billion in the quarter buoyed by volume servers.
Volume server revenues were up 18.2% and represented the market's primary growth engine.
Mid-range enterprise server revenues continued to decline falling 10.2% as mid-range workloads migrate to volume servers.
The high-end enterprise server market was up 1.9% marking its fourth consecutive quarter of revenue growth.
The blade server segment also showed heady growth with shipments increasing 44% year-over-year and revenues rising 22.5% sequentially. Blade servers accounted for $287 million in the quarter.
x86 server revenues grew 14.2% to $5.4 billion exceeding RISC server revenues for the third consecutive quarter.
According to IDC, the quarter was marked by acceleration in the x86-64 server volume ramp. It said 60% of AMD's Opteron servers shipped with Linux while Intel's Xeon EM64T servers were shipping mostly with Windows.
Top Five Corporate Family, Worldwide Server Systems Factory Revenue, Q3, 2004.
(Revenues in Billions)
| Vendor |
Q3 2004 Revenue |
Market Share |
Q3 2003 Revenue |
Market Share |
Revenue Growth 3Q04/3Q03 |
| IBM |
$3.66 |
31.7% |
$3.44 |
31.4% |
6.3% |
| HP |
$3.09 |
26.8% |
$3.00 |
27.5% |
2.9% |
| Sun |
$1.18 |
10.2% |
$1.17 |
10.7% |
0.1% |
| Dell |
$1.17 |
10.1% |
$1.02 |
9.4% |
14.1% |
| Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens |
$0.71 |
6.2% |
$0.68 |
6.3% |
4.4% |
| Others |
$1.73 |
15.0% |
$1.6 |
14.7% |
7.6% |
| All Vendors |
$11.54 |
100.0% |
$10.94 |
100.0% |
5.5% |
IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, November 2004
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