What does the word "midrange" mean

[richiwatts]

I am working on a translation and in the text it says:

"The heart of your mid-range system"

"IBM mid-range specialists"

"can be installed on any of your mid-range systems"

Can someone explain what mid-range means? I would be most grateful

Richi

 

[catorze]

Midrange generally refers to IBM's High Performance (versus High Availability) xSeries servers that support multiple processors (2-4), some level of redundancy (power), perhaps hot-swapability on some components (HDDs, power, PCI), and usually optimized for rack density. They fall between Entry (stand-alone or compact rack systems) and Enterprise (High Availability), hence the name, midrange.

 

[lkmalee]

In my experience, midrange has always refered to the computer systems/servers below the main-frame class (i.e S/390, ES/9000, zSeries) and above the PC/Workstation class (i.e. IBM PC, Mac, etc.) This range has traditionally included the System/38, AS/400, iSeries, and now i5 servers and could include some RS/6000 and pSeries servers. We are an AS/400-iSeries shop and I remember reading AS/400 related magazines such as Midrange Systems and Midrange Computing.

 

[catorze]

Correct. My response was for midrange in the xSeries (Intel/AMD) based servers.

 

[iSeriesCodePoet]

I think of it this way.

1) At the top you have your mainframe mega systems.
2) Then you have the computers at the midrange (pun indented)
3) Then you have all of the PC servers and desktop on the x86 and Mac platform.

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