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Forecast Analysis: External Controller-Based Disk Storage, Worldwide, 2011-2015, 1Q11 Update

16 March 2011

Roger W. Cox Pushan Rinnen

IT executives continue to make investments in the external controller-based disk storage infrastructure to support virtualization and modernization initiatives that improve IT operational efficiency and responsiveness.

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Table of Contents

Contents

Assumptions
- State of the Regional Economies
- Server and Client Virtualization Deployments
- ECB Disk Storage Refresh Cycles
- Technology Advancements Support Cost-Effective Growth
- File-Access Outpaces Block-Access ECB Disk Storage
- Rational Vendor Pricing Strategies
- Impact of Public Cloud Deployments
Analysis
- Total ECB Disk Storage Revenue: 4Q10 Update vs. 3Q10 Update
- Block-Access ECB Market in More Detail
- NAS ECB Market in More Detail
- Special-Purpose Disk Archiving Storage System ECB Market in More Detail
Market Model
- ECB Disk Storage Revenue Forecast
- Forecast Components
  - ECB Disk Storage Capacity Shipment Forecast
  - Unit Shipments
  - Average Selling Price
- Influencing Factors
  - Average Terabytes per Unit
  - Dollars/Terabyte per Unit
  - HDD Forecast
  - SSD Forecast
  - Total Drive Shipment Forecast
  - New Technologies
  - New Applications
  - Architecture Migration
  - Demand-Side Data
  - Supply-Side Data
  - IT Spending Budget
  - Major Currency Fluctuations
  - Server Forecast
- Connections
  - Macroeconomics > GDP Forecast > IT Spending Budget > Demand-Side Data
  - New Technology > Architecture Migration > New Applications > Unit Shipments
  - Supply-Side Data > Cost Decline Trends > Dollars/Terabyte per Unit > Average Selling Price
  - SSD Forecast > HDD Forecast > Average Terabytes per Drive
  - Drives per Unit > Dollars/Terabyte per Unit > Average Terabytes per Unit
  - Unit Shipments > ECB Disk Storage Capacity Shipment Forecast > ECB Disk Storage Revenue Forecast
  - ASP > ECB Disk Storage Revenue Forecast
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Figures

Figure 1.

ECB Disk Storage Vendor Revenue Forecast, Worldwide, 2011-2015

Figure 2.

ECB Disk Storage Market Forecast Model

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