Gartner Says Worldwide External Controller-Based Disk Storage Market Achieved Record Revenue, Growing 18.1 Percent in 2010
Announcement posted by Gartner 09 Mar 2011
"Storage infrastructure modernisation, expanded server and desktop virtualisation projects, disk-based backup and archiving deployments, new file-oriented applications and cloud-based service offerings are the engines that are propelling ECB disk storage vendor revenue growth," said Roger Cox, research vice president at Gartner. "Clearly, IT executives are showing a willingness to invest in new and modern ECB disk storage solutions that address complexity, reduce OPEX and improve utilisation while satisfying demanding service-level agreements."
With 80 percent share, it is noteworthy to observe that even
though block-access ECB disk storage grew 14.9 percent over 2009 in 2010, this
large segment grew only 3.4 percent over 2008. File-access ECB disk storage
grew 36.2 percent in 2010 over 2009, as well as 37.6 percent over 2008.
EMC increased its worldwide ECB disk storage revenue market share to 28 percent in 2010 and 28.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010 (see Tables 1 and 2). NetApp experienced the strongest growth among the top-tier vendors in 2010 with a revenue increase of 50.9 percent from 2009.
Table 1: Worldwide External Controller-Based Disk Storage Vendor Revenue Estimates for 2010 (Millions of USD)
|
Company |
2010 Revenue |
2010 Market Share (%) |
2009 Revenue |
2009 Market Share (%) |
2009-2010 Change (%) |
|
EMC1 |
5,432.9 |
28.0 |
4,104.4 |
25.0 |
32.4 |
|
IBM |
2,790.3 |
14.4 |
2,432.0 |
14.8 |
14.7 |
|
NetApp2 |
2,071.9 |
10.7 |
1,372.8 |
8.3 |
50.9 |
|
HP3 |
1,898.1 |
9.8 |
1,718.2 |
10.4 |
10.5 |
|
Hitachi/HDS4 |
1,791.5 |
9.2 |
1,478.5 |
9.0 |
21.2 |
|
Dell |
1,583.7 |
8.2 |
1,396.8 |
8.5 |
13.4 |
|
Oracle |
477.6 |
2.5 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Sun Microsystems |
- |
- |
664.5 |
4.0 |
- |
|
Fujitsu5 |
430.5 |
2.2 |
416.8 |
2.5 |
3.3 |
|
Others |
2,954.3 |
15.2 |
2,865.9 |
17.4 |
3.1 |
|
Total |
19,430.9 |
100.0 |
16,449.9 |
100.0 |
18.1 |
Note 1: 4Q10 EMC revenue includes the Isilon acquisition but excludes OEM revenue from Dell and Fujitsu Technology Solutions.
Note 2: NetApp revenue excludes OEM revenue from IBM.
Note 3: 4Q10 HP revenue includes the 3PAR acquisition.
Note 4: Hitachi/HDS revenue excludes OEM revenue from HP, Sun Microsystems and Oracle.
Note 5: Fujitsu's branded revenue does not include products sold under the EMC and NetApp brands.
Source: Gartner (March 2011)
Table 2: Worldwide External Controller-Based Disk Storage Vendor Revenue Estimates for 4Q10 (Millions of USD)
|
Company |
4Q10 Revenue |
4Q10 Market Share (%) |
4Q09 Revenue |
4Q09 Market Share (%) |
4Q09-4Q10 Change (%) |
|
EMC1 |
1,602.0 |
28.2 |
1,256.0 |
25.7 |
27.5 |
|
IBM |
984.4 |
17.3 |
871.8 |
17.8 |
12.9 |
|
HP2 |
581.1 |
10.2 |
529.7 |
10.8 |
9.7 |
|
NetApp3 |
556.5 |
9.8 |
383.3 |
7.8 |
45.2 |
|
Hitachi/HDS4 |
544.2 |
9.6 |
415.9 |
8.5 |
30.8 |
|
Dell |
411.4 |
7.2 |
362.1 |
7.4 |
13.6 |
|
Oracle |
89.8 |
1.6 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Sun Microsystems |
- |
- |
210.8 |
4.3 |
- |
|
Fujitsu5 |
88.8 |
1.6 |
116.8 |
2.4 |
-23.9 |
|
Total |
818.2 |
14.4 |
745.5 |
15.2 |
9.8 |
Note 1: 4Q10 EMC revenue includes the Isilon acquisition but excludes OEM revenue from Dell and Fujitsu Technology Solutions.
Note 2: 4Q10 HP revenue includes the 3PAR acquisition.
Note 3: NetApp revenue excludes OEM revenue from IBM.
Note 4: Hitachi/HDS revenue excludes OEM revenue from HP, Sun Microsystems and Oracle.
Note 5: Fujitsu's branded revenue does not include products sold under the EMC and NetApp brands.
Source: Gartner (March 2011)
Gartner ECB disk storage reports reflect hardware only revenue, as well as hardware revenue associated with financial leases and managed services. Optional and separately priced storage software revenue and storage area network infrastructure components are excluded.
Additional information on the ECB disk storage market is available in the Gartner "Quarterly Statistics: Disk Array Storage, All Regions, 4Q10 Update". The report includes vendor market share by data access method, price band, sales channel and operating system segmentation. The report is available on Gartner's website at http://www.gartner.com/resId=1572015.
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