Total worldwide enterprise storage systems factory revenue grew
7.2% year over year to nearly $10.6 billion during the fourth
quarter of 2014 (4Q14), according to the International Data
Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker.
Total capacity shipments were up 43.7% year over year to 31.8
exabytes during the quarter. Spending for the full year was up 3.6%
to $36.2 billion. Full-year capacity consumption was up 43% to 99.2
exabytes.
"The storage market had a strong finish to 2014," said Eric
Sheppard, Research Director, Storage. "Fourth quarter spending on
enterprise storage systems was up strongly in most major geographic
markets, driven by traditional year-end seasonality, demand for
midrange systems that incorporate flash capacity, and continued
growth of systems designed for hyperscale datacenters."
4Q14 Total Disk Storage Systems Market Results
EMC finished 4Q14 in the top position within the total worldwide
enterprise storage systems market, accounting for 22.2% of all
spending. The number 2 position was held by HP, which captured
13.8% of spending during the quarter. Dell and IBM ended the
quarter in a statistical tie*, with each accounting for 9.0% of
global spending. As a single group, storage systems sales by
original design manufacturers (ODMs) selling directly to hyperscale
datacenter customers accounted for 12.8% of global spending during
the quarter.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Total Disk
Storage Systems Market, Fourth Quarter of 2014(Revenues are in
Millions)
Vendor
4Q14Revenue
4Q14 MarketShare
4Q13Revenue
4Q13 MarketShare
4Q14/4Q13RevenueGrowth
1. EMC $2,352 22.2%
$2,276 23.1% 3.3% 2. HP
$1,456 13.8% $1,389 14.1%
4.8% 3. Dell* $952 9.0%
$905 9.2% 5.2% 3. IBM*†
$951 9.0% $1,248
12.7% -23.8% 5. NetApp $764
7.2% $791 8.0%
-3.5% ODM Direct $1,357 12.8%
$973 9.9% 39.4% Others
$2,740 25.9% $2,281
23.1% 20.2%
All Vendors
$10,571 100.0%
$9,864 100.0% 7.2%
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems
Tracker, March 5, 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.
† Note: IBM's 4Q2014 revenue excludes x86 servers due to
the sale of that business to Lenovo.
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the worldwide market share of the top 5 total disk storage systems
vendors over the previous five quarters is available here.
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4Q14 External Disk Storage Systems Results
EMC was the largest external storage systems supplier during the
quarter. The company accounted for 32.9% of sales, which was the
same share as the previous year. IBM and NetApp generated 11.7% and
10.7% of total sales during the quarter, respectively. HP generated
9.6% of the revenue during the quarter.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide External Disk
Storage Systems Market, Fourth Quarter of 2014(Revenues are in
Millions)
Vendor
4Q14Revenue
4Q14 MarketShare
4Q13Revenue
4Q13 MarketShare
4Q14/4Q13RevenueGrowth
1. EMC $2,352 32.9%
$2,276 32.9% 3.3% 2. IBM
$837 11.7% $901 13.0%
-7.2% 3. NetApp $764
10.7% $791 11.4% -3.5% 4.
HP $689 9.6% $667
9.6% 3.3% 5. Hitachi $577
8.1% $558 8.1%
3.5% Others $1,931 27.0%
$1,720 24.9% 12.3%
All Vendors
$7,149 100.0%
$6,913 100.0%
3.4%
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems
Tracker, March 5, 2015
Open Networked Disk Storage Systems Highlights
The total open networked disk storage market (NAS Combined with
non-mainframe SAN) was up 6.1% year over year to $6.3 billion in
revenue. EMC maintained its leadership in the total open networked
storage market with 35.7% revenue share. NetApp and IBM generated
12.1% and 11.1% of revenue respectively.
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 305-351-3057
or lfernandez@idc.com.
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