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All sectors do well during second quarter, company says.

Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted year-over-year growth of 20.4 percent, totaling just over $5 billion, in the second quarter of 2010 (2Q10), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For the quarter, the total disk storage systems market grew to $6.8 billion in revenues, representing 20.7 percent growth from the prior year's second quarter. Total disk storage systems capacity shipped reach 3,645 petabytes, growing 54.6 percent year over year.

"The first half of 2010 showed continued signs of economic recovery in the disk storage systems market," said Liz Conner, senior research analyst, Storage Systems. "The external disk storage systems market grew 18.6 percent from the first half of 2009 in terms of factory revenue and 3.0 percent from the second half of 2009. Although the first half of 2009 was extremely weak due to the economic crisis, the gain from a relatively strong second half of 2009 shows continued customer investment and importance placed in the storage systems market."

Total External Disk Storage Systems

EMC maintained its lead in the external disk storage systems market with 25.7 percent revenue share in the second quarter, followed by IBM in second with 13.6 percent market share. NetApp and HP are in a statistical tie* for third place with 11.4 percent and 11.3 percent market share respectively. Dell ended in the fifth position with 9.4 percent market share. Given the recent interest in 3PAR, IDC notes that for 2Q10, 3PAR’s share in the total external disk storage systems market was 0.78 percent.

Open Networked Disk Storage Systems

The total open networked disk storage market (NAS Combined with Open / iSCSI SAN) grew 29.2 percent year over year in the second quarter to $4.2 billion in revenues. EMC continues to maintain its leadership in the total open networked storage market with 28.9 percent revenue share, followed by NetApp with a 13.6 percent revenue share.

In the Open SAN market, which grew 21.8 percent year over year, EMC was the leading vendor with 21.8 percent revenue share, followed by IBM in second and HP in third with 15.9 percent and 14.8 percent share, respectively.

The NAS market grew 51.1 percent year over year, led by EMC with 45.6 percent revenue share and followed by NetApp with 25.2 percent share. The iSCSI SAN market continues to show strong momentum, posting 49.0 percent revenue growth compared to the prior year's quarter. Dell led the market with 32.9 percent revenue share, followed by HP, NetApp, and EMC, all in a statistical tie* for second, with 14.2 percent, 13.4 percent, and 13.3 percent market share respectively.

"The recent economic crisis had greatly affected the upper mid-range and high-end storage market," said Amita Potnis, senior research analyst, Storage Systems. "The second quarter saw a good recovery of the upper mid-range (PB $100K-$249.99K) and high-end (PB $250K+) storage market with year-over-year growth of 30.5 percent. The recovery in this segment was driven by NAS and SAN system sales, which grew 58.4 percent and 30.2 percent respectively, exceeding the overall market growth. It appears, however, that the market is heading toward a more cautious growth path going forward."

 

Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide External Disk Storage Systems Factory Revenue, Second Quarter of 2010 (Revenues are in Millions)

Vendor

2Q10 Revenue

2Q10 Market Share

2Q09 Revenue

2Q09 Market Share

2Q10/2Q09 Revenue Growth

1. EMC

$1,287

25.7

percent

$915

22

percent

40.6

percent

2. IBM

$680

13.6

percent

$614

14.7

percent

10.9

percent

3. NetApp

$571

11.4

percent

$368

8.8

 percent

55.3

percent

3. HP

$567

11.3

percent

$469

11.3

percent

20.9

percent

5. Dell

$472

9.4

percent

$403

9.7

 percent

17.0

percent

Others

$1,439

28.6

percent

$1,397

33.5

percent

3.0

percent

All Vendors

$5,016

100

percent

$4,166

100

percent

20.4

percent


Source: IDC Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker, September 3, 2010

* 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.

Starting in Q3 2009, EMC is reported as the combined entity of EMC and Data Domain. Starting in Q2 2010, HP is reported as the combined entity of HP and H3C.

Total Disk Storage Systems Market

In the total worldwide disk storage systems market, HP and EMC finished in a statistical tie* for the top position, in terms of market share, with HP at 19.3 percent market share and EMC at 19.0 percent market share.


Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Total Disk Storage Systems Factory Revenue, Second Quarter of 2010 (Revenues are in Millions)

Vendor

2Q10 Revenue

2Q10 Market Share

2Q09 Revenue

2Q09 Market Share

2Q10/2Q09 Revenue Growth

1. HP

$1,307

19.3 percent

$980

17.4 percent

33.3 percent

 

1. EMC

$1,287

19.0 percent

$915

16.3 percent

40.6 percent

 

3. IBM

$1,072

15.8 percent

$981

17.5 percent

9.3 percent

 

4. Dell

$832

12.3 percent

$676

12.0 percent

22.9 percent

 

5. NetApp

$571

8.4 percent

$368

6.5 percent

55.3 percent

 

Others

$1,715

25.2 percent

$1,699

30.3 percent

0.9 percent

 

All Vendors

$6,783

100 percent

$5,648

100.0 percent

20.7 percent

 

                 

 

Source: IDC Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker, September 3, 2010

* 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.

Starting in Q3 2009, EMC is reported as the combined entity of EMC and Data Domain. Starting in Q2 2010, HP is reported as the combined entity of HP and H3C.


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 Hoang Nguyen at 508-935-4718 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

International Data Corporation (IDC) is a premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. More than 1,000 IDC analysts provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries worldwide. For more than 47 years, IDC has provided strategic insights to help its clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. You can learn more about IDC by visiting www.idc.com.

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