IDC analyst summed up the fourth quarter of 2012 and all of last year as a whole the market of external disk storage. According to a report, the global market of external disk storage in the fourth quarter of 2012 increased compared to the same period in 2011 by 2.3% and reached in cash $ 6.7 billion. With regard to the internal disk storage market size is estimated at $ 8.6 billion, which is 0.7% more than the year before. In quantitative terms, the amount of disk storage shipped in the fourth quarter of 2012 reached 8 DL, which is 25.3% more than a year ago.
Total for the year were shipped external disk storage to 24.7 billion dollars, an increase of 4.7% compared with 2011. The total amount of external disk storage shipped in 2012, passed for 20 DL, which is 27% more than in 2011.
According to the results of the quarter the market leader in external storage is the company EMC, which owns 30.7% of total revenue. Second and third places are held by IBM and NetApp with indicators 15.0% and 11.6%, respectively. The top five, HP and Hitachi to indicators 9.3% and 8.8% respectively.
If you take into account the internal storage, EMC share decreased to 24,0%, IBM - will increase to 16.2%, and HP moved up to third place with 16.0%. In the fourth place in the top five there, Dell 11.4% with the index, and the fifth with the index moves NetApp 9.0%.
Under disk storage data specialists IDC is a set of elements, including controllers, cables and adapters HBA, which is connected to three or more disk drives. If this subsystem is in the chassis, it is considered to be inside when in your own body - external.
Source: IDC
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