Hyperscale Infrastructure and Server-Based Storage Continue to Drive Spending in Enterprise Storage, According to IDC
04 Dec 2015
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., December 4, 2015 – Total worldwide enterprise storage systems factory revenue grew 2.8% year over year to \$9.1 billion during the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC ) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker . Total capacity shipments were up 31.5% year over year to 33.1 exabytes during the quarter. Revenue growth was strongest within the group of original design manufacturers (ODMs) that sell directly to hyperscale datacenters. This portion of the market was up 23.4% year over year to \$1.3 billion. Sales of server-based storage were up 9.9% during the quarter and accounted for \$2.1 billion in revenue. External storage systems remained the largest market segment, but the \$5.8 billion in sales represented a decline of -3.1% year over year.
"The enterprise storage market continued to follow a consistent trend in the third quarter of 2015," said Liz Conner , Research Manager, Storage . "Spending on traditional external arrays declined during the quarter as infrastructure refresh, coupled with the demand for software-defined storage and cloud-based storage, drove investments more heavily in server-based storage and hyperscale infrastructure."
3 Q1 5 Total Disk Storage Systems Market Results
EMC finished in the top position within the total worldwide enterprise storage systems market, capturing 18.4% of all revenue. HP was the number 2 vendor with 16.3% share of revenue during the quarter while Dell finished 3Q15 in the number 3 position with a worldwide share of 9.9%. As a group, storage systems sales by original design manufacturers (ODMs) selling directly to hyperscale datacenter customers accounted for 13.7% of global spending during the quarter.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Total Disk Storage Systems Market, Third Quarter of 2015 (Revenues are in Millions)
| Vendor | 3 Q 15 Revenue | 3 Q1 5 Market Share | 3 Q1 4 Revenue | 3 Q1 4 Market Share | 3 Q1 5 / 3 Q1 4 Revenue Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. EMC | $1,676.3 | 18.40% | $1,822.5 | 20.50% | -8.00% |
| 2. HP | $1,488.6 | 16.30% | $1,283.0 | 14.40% | 16.00% |
| 3. Dell | $899.4 | 9.90% | $914.3 | 10.30% | -1.60% |
| 4. NetApp* | $651.0 | 7.10% | $746.2 | 8.40% | -12.80% |
| 4. IBM*† | $584.6 | 6.40% | $865.7 | 9.70% | -32.50% |
| ODM Direct | $1,252.1 | 13.70% | $1,014.3 | 11.40% | 23.40% |
| Others | $2,576.6 | 28.20% | $2,236.1 | 25.20% | 15.20% |
| All Vendors | $ 9,128.7 | 100.00% | $ 8,882.1 | 100.00% | 2.80% |
Source : IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, December 4, 2015
Notes :
- IDC declares a statistical tie in the worldwide disk storage systems market when there is less than one percent difference in the revenue share of two or more vendors.
† IBM’s 3Q15 revenue excludes x86 servers due to the sale of that business to Lenovo.
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3 Q1 5 External Disk Storage Systems Results
EMC was the largest external storage systems supplier during the quarter. The company accounted for 29.1% of worldwide revenues. NetApp and HP finished the quarter in a statistical tie* for the number 2 position with 11.3% and 10.4% share of worldwide revenues, respectively. IBM held a 9.3% share while Hitachi rounded out the top 5 with a 7.8% share of worldwide external storage revenue during the quarter.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide External Disk Storage Systems Market, Third Quarter of 201 5 (Revenues are in Millions)
| Vendor | 3 Q15 Revenue | 3 Q15Market Share | 3 Q14 Revenue | 3 Q14 Market Share | 3 Q15/ 3 Q14 Revenue Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. EMC | $1,676.3 | 29.10% | $1,822.5 | 30.70% | -8.00% |
| 2. NetApp* | $651.0 | 11.30% | $746.2 | 12.60% | -12.80% |
| 2. HP* | $598.4 | 10.40% | $568.5 | 9.60% | 5.30% |
| 4. IBM | $533.8 | 9.30% | $590.7 | 9.90% | -9.60% |
| 5.Hitachi | $451.2 | 7.80% | $508.5 | 8.60% | -11.30% |
| Others | $1,844.4 | 32.00% | $1,700.9 | 28.60% | 8.40% |
| All Vendors | $5,755.2 | 100.00% | $5,937.2 | 100.00% | -3.10% |
Source : IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, December 4, 2015
Note :
- IDC declares a statistical tie in the worldwide disk storage systems market when there is less than one percent difference in the revenue share of two or more vendors.
Flash-Based Storage Systems Highlights
The total All Flash Array (AFA) market generated \$626.2 million in revenue during the quarter, up 60.8% year over year. The Hybrid Flash Array (HFA) segment of the market continues to be a significant part of the overall market with \$2.4 billion in revenue and 26.5% market share.
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