Worldwide External Disk Storage Systems Market
Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted year-over-year growth of 13.2%, totaling just under $5.6 billion in the first quarter of 2011 (1Q11), according to the International Data Corporation. For the quarter, the total disk storage systems market grew to $7.5 billion in revenues, representing 12.1% growth from the prior year's first quarter. Total disk storage systems capacity shipped reach 4,956 petabytes, growing 46.3% year over year.
Total External Disk Storage Systems
EMC maintained its lead in the external disk storage systems market with 27.3% revenue share in the first quarter, followed by NetApp in second and IBM in third with 13.5% and 12.2% market share respectively. HP ended the quarter in fourth position, with 10.5%, and Hitachi was fifth with 9.0%.
Open Networked Disk Storage Systems
The total open networked disk storage market (NAS Combined with Open / iSCSI SAN) grew 17.3% year over year in the first quarter to $4.7 billion in revenues. EMC continues to maintain its leadership in the total open networked storage market with 30.8% revenue share, followed by NetApp with a 16.1% revenue share.
In the Open SAN market, which grew 13.4% year over year, EMC was the leading vendor with 22.7% revenue share, followed by IBM in second and HP in third with 14.8% and 13.4% share, respectively.
The NAS market grew 27.1% year over year, led by EMC with 48.8% revenue share and followed by NetApp with 30.8% share. The iSCSI SAN market continues to show strong growth, posting 23.0% revenue growth compared to the prior year's quarter. Dell led the market with 32.9% revenue share, followed by HP and EMC tied* for second with 14.4% and 14.2% market share respectively.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide External Disk Storage Systems Factory Revenue, First Quarter of 2011 (Revenues are in Millions)
Vendor |
1Q11 Revenue |
1Q11 Market Share |
1Q10 Revenue |
1Q10 Market Share |
1Q11/1Q10 Revenue Growth |
1. EMC |
$1,523 |
27.3% |
$1,222 |
24.8% |
24.7% |
2. NetApp |
$757 |
13.5% |
$549 |
11.1% |
37.8% |
3. IBM |
$681 |
12.2% |
$579 |
11.7% |
17.6% |
4. HP |
$588 |
10.5% |
$506 |
10.3% |
16.1% |
5. Hitachi |
$503 |
9.0% |
$397 |
8.0% |
26.8% |
Others |
$1,534 |
27.5% |
$1,682 |
34.1% |
-8.8% |
All Vendors |
$5,586 |
100.0% |
$4,935 |
100.0% |
13.2% |
Total Disk Storage Systems Market
In the total worldwide disk storage systems market, EMC finished in the top position followed by HP with market shares of 20.3% and 18.4% respectively.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Total Disk Storage Systems Factory Revenue, First Quarter of 2011 (Revenues are in Millions)
Vendor |
1Q11 Revenue |
1Q11 Market Share |
1Q10 Revenue |
1Q10 Market Share |
1Q11/1Q10 Revenue Growth |
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1. EMC |
$1,523 |
20.3% |
$1,222 |
18.3% |
24.7% |
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1. HP |
$1,380 |
18.4% |
$1,208 |
18.1% |
14.2% |
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3. IBM |
$1,097 |
14.6% |
$955 |
14.3% |
14.9% |
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4. Dell |
$857 |
11.4% |
$852 |
12.7% |
0.7% |
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5. NetApp |
$757 |
10.1% |
$549 |
8.2% |
37.8% |
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Others |
$1,882 |
25.1% |
$1,899 |
28.4% |
-0.9% |
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All Vendors |
$7,496 |
100.0% |
$6,685 |
100.0% |
12.1% |
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