Disk Storage Market Grew In Third Quarter
Total worldwide disk storage systems factory revenue grew 5.1% year over year to nearly $8.8 billion during the third quarter of 2014 (3Q14), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). Total disk storage systems capacity shipped was 25 exabytes. New capacity shipments grew 42% year over year during the quarter, the research firm said.
"The storage market had quite a few bright spots during the third quarter," said Eric Sheppard, Research Director, Storage. "Server-based storage with robust amounts of capacity drove internal storage revenue up 10%, while sub-$100K external array revenue grew more than 6% during the quarter. But the biggest market impact came from sales of storage systems by Original Design Manufacturers (ODM) directly to hyperscale datacenters. Revenue generated by this newly tracked set of complete and partially built storage systems grew 22% during the quarter and accounted for 43% of all capacity consumed."
In the total worldwide disk storage systems market, EMC finished in the top position followed by HP with market shares of 20.8% and 14.6% respectively.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Total Disk Storage Systems Market, Third
Quarter of 2014
(Revenues are in Millions)
| Vendor | 3Q14 |
3Q14 Market |
3Q13 |
3Q13 Market |
3Q14/3Q13 |
| 1. EMC | $1,822 | 20.8% | $1,761 | 21.1% | 3.5% |
| 2. HP | $1,276 | 14.6% | $1,201 | 14.4% | 6.2% |
| 3. Dell | $926 | 10.6% | $865 | 10.4% | 7.1% |
| 3. IBM | $866 | 9.9% | $933 | 11.2% | -7.2% |
| 5. NetApp | $746 | 8.5% | $744 | 8.9% | 0.3% |
| ODM Direct | $1,014 | 11.6% | $831 | 10.0% | 22.0% |
| Others | $2,101 | 24.0% | $1,993 | 23.9% | 5.4% |
| All Vendors | $8,752 | 100.0% | $8,327 | 100.0% | 5.1% |
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, December 5, 2014
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide External Disk Storage Systems Market, Third
Quarter of 2014
(Revenues are in Millions)
| Vendor | 3Q14 |
3Q14 Market |
3Q13 |
3Q13 Market |
3Q14/3Q13 |
| 1. EMC | $1,822 | 31.4% | $1,761 | 30.6% | 3.5% |
| 2. NetApp | $746 | 12.9% | $744 | 12.9% | 0.3% |
| 3. IBM | $591 | 10.2% | $656 | 11.4% | -9.9% |
| 3. HP | $561 | 9.7% | $547 | 9.5% | 2.7% |
| 5. Hitachi | $432 | 7.4% | $477 | 8.3% | -9.4% |
| 5. Dell | $426 | 7.3% | $414 | 7.2% | 2.9% |
| Others | $1,229 | 21.2% | $1,157 | 20.1% | 6.2% |
| All Vendors | $5,807 | 100.0% | $5,754 | 100.0% | 0.9% |
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, December 5, 2014
The total open networked disk storage market (NAS Combined with non-mainframe SAN) was up 2.1% year over year to $5.1 billion in revenue. EMC maintained its leadership in the total open networked storage market with 34.1% revenue share. NetApp was the second largest supplier with 14.7% share.
EMC was the largest external storage systems supplies during the quarter with 31.4% of worldwide sales, up from 30.6% one year ago. NetApp was the number 2 vendor in the external disk storage systems market with 12.9% share in 3Q14. IBM and HP finished the quarter in a statistical tie for the number 3 position with market shares of 10.2% and 9.7%, respectively. Hitachi and Dell also ended 3Q14 in a statistical tie for the number 5 position.
