FRAMINGHAM, MA -- Worldwide server factory sales fell 30.1% year-over-year to $9.8 billion in the second quarter, IDC said this week.

It marked the fourth straight quarter revenues declined and the lowest quarterly server revenue since the research firm began tracking the server market on a quarterly basis in 1996. Unit shipments dropped 30.4% year-over-year, down from 26.5% sequentially.

For the quarter, volume systems were down 30% and midrange enterprise revenue was off 28.1%. High-end enterprise server revenue declined 32%.

"Over the past four quarters, the worldwide server market has experienced significant revenue deceleration in all geographic regions as the economic recession has deepened," said Matt Eastwood, group vice president of Enterprise Platforms at IDC. "Fewer servers have been shipped over the past four quarter than at any time since 2005 and it is clear that the worldwide server installed base is aging rapidly."

He added IDC believes IT customers will begin opening their wallets over the next few weeks, which will "drive more predictable server demand as market conditions stabilize in the second half."

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