Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Maintain Steady Growth in Third Quarter, According to IDC
07 Dec 2012
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., December 7, 2012 – Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted year-over-year growth of 3.3%, totaling just over $5.9 billion, in the third quarter of 2012 (3Q12), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For the quarter, the total disk storage systems market posted just under $7.9 billion in revenues, representing 3.7% growth from the prior year's third quarter. Total disk storage systems capacity shipped reach 7,104 petabytes, growing 24.4% year over year.
"The external disk storage system market continues to exhibit steady growth, posting solid third quarter factory revenues of just over $5.9 billion," said Liz Conner, senior research analyst, Storage Systems. "End users continue to invest in storage infrastructures despite persistent concerns surrounding global and regional economies. Helping to drive the worldwide market in the third quarter was the double-digit growth in multi-protocol storage architecture and strong demand for upper mid-range and high-end storage."
"The disk storage systems market crossed an important milestone in the third quarter when the new capacity consumption surpassed seven exabytes for the first time," said Eric Sheppard, research director, Storage Systems. "This milestone occurred at a time of unfavorable economic conditions in Europe and improved utilization rates contributable to storage optimization technologies, suggesting demand for storage capacity is outstripping market headwinds."
3Q12 External Disk Storage Systems Results
EMC maintained its lead in the external disk storage systems market with 30.0% revenue share in the third quarter, followed by NetApp and IBM, which are tied* for second with 11.9% and 11.7% market share, respectively. Hitachi and HP finished the quarter in a statistical tie* for the fourth position with 9.7% market shares each.
Open Networked Disk Storage Systems Highlights
The total open networked disk storage market (NAS Combined with Open / iSCSI SAN) grew 4.7% year over year in the third quarter to just over $5.1 billion in revenues. EMC continues to maintain its leadership in the total open networked storage market with 33.5% revenue share, followed by NetApp with a 13.7% revenue share.
In the Open SAN market, which grew 4.4% year over year, EMC was the leading vendor with 29.8% revenue share, followed by IBM in second with 14.0% market share and Hitachi and HP tied* for third with 12.2% and 11.8% shares, respectively.
The NAS market increased 5.7% year over year, led by EMC with 43.6% revenue share and followed by NetApp with 29.4% share. The iSCSI SAN market continues to show good growth, posting 6.9% revenue growth compared to the prior year's quarter. Dell led the market with 28.3% revenue share, followed by EMC in second with 19.8% market share. NetApp was in third with 13.3% market share.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide External Disk Storage Systems Factory Revenue, Third Quarter of 2012
(Revenues are in Millions)
Vendor
3Q12 Revenue
3Q12 Market Share
3Q11 Revenue
3Q11 Market Share
3Q12/3Q11 Revenue Growth
1. EMC
$1,783
30.0%
$1,641
28.5%
8.7%
T2. NetApp
$706
11.9%
$700
12.2%
0.9%
T2. IBM
$698
11.7%
$735
12.8%
-5.0%
T4. Hitachi
$575
9.7%
$505
8.8%
13.8%
T4. HP
$575
9.7%
$646
11.2%
-11.0%
Others
$1,608
27.0%
$1,526
26.5%
5.4%
All Vendors
$5,946
100.0%
$5,753
100.0%
3.3%
Source: IDC Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker, December 6, 2012
Notes:
* IDC declares a statistical tie in the worldwide disk storage market when there is less than one percent difference in the factory revenues of two or more vendors.
Chart: Total WW External Disk Storage Systems Market, 3Q 2012 YoY Vendor Market Share Change (Value)Description: Total WW External Disk Storage Systems Market, 3Q 2012, Vendor Market Share Change (Value)Description: Source: IDC Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Tracker, December 6, 2012 Note: IDC's Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker analyzes the global disk storage market in over 70 countries. The Tracker includes quarterly shipment and revenue data by Units, Factory Revenue, Customer Revenue, Terabytes, $/Gigabyte, and Gigabyte/Unit. Each criterion is segmented by location, installation base, operating system, vendor, family, model, and region. For more information, or to subscribe to the research, please contact Kathy Nagamine at 1-650-350-6423 or knagamine@idc.com.Tags: IDC, Disk Storage Systems Tracker, Disk Storage Systems Market, 3Q 2012, size, share, Q3, IBM, EMC, HP, Hitachi, Dell, NetApp, Network Appliance, TrackersAuthor: IDCcharts powered by iCharts
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3Q12 Total Disk Storage Systems Market Results
In the total worldwide disk storage systems market, EMC finished in the top position followed by HP with market shares of 22.7% and 17.9% respectively.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Total Disk Storage Systems Factory Revenue, Third Quarter of 2012
(Revenues are in Millions)
Vendor
3Q12 Revenue
3Q12 Market Share
3Q11 Revenue
3Q11 Market Share
3Q12/3Q11 Revenue Growth
1. EMC
$1,783
22.7%
$1,641
21.6%
8.7%
2. HP
$1,411
17.9%
$1,431
18.9%
-1.4%
3. IBM
$1,079
13.7%
$1,124
14.8%
-4.0%
4. Dell
$912
11.6%
$876
11.5%
4.0%
5. NetApp
$706
9.0%
$700
9.2%
0.9%
Others
$1,974
25.1%
$1,812
23.9%
8.9%
All Vendors
$7,865
100.0%
$7,584
100.0%
3.7%
Source: IDC Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker, December 6, 2012
Notes:
* IDC declares a statistical tie in the worldwide disk storage market when there is less than one percent difference in the factory revenues of two or more vendors.
Taxonomy Notes:
IDC defines a Disk Storage System as a set of storage elements, including controllers, cables, and (in some instances) host bus adapters, associated with three or more disks. A system may be located outside of or within a server cabinet and the average cost of the disk storage systems does not include infrastructure storage hardware (i.e. switches) and non-bundled storage software.
The information in this quantitative study is based on a branded view of the disk storage systems sale. Revenue associated with the products to the end user is attributed to the seller (brand) of the product, not the manufacturer. Original equipment manufacturer (OEM) sales are not included in this study. In this study, Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) sales do not reflect their OEM sales to Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard.
IDC's Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker is a quantitative tool for analyzing the global disk storage market on a quarterly basis. The Tracker includes quarterly shipments and revenues (both customer and factory), Terabytes, $/Gigabyte, Gigabyte/Unit, and Average Selling Value. Each criteria can be segmented by location, installation base, operating system, vendor, family, model, and region.
For more information about IDC's Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker, please contact Lidice Fernandez at 305-351-3051 or lfernandez@idc.com.
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