December 4th, 2005
External disk storage up 12.5% in Q3 2005, 505 petabytes shipped
According to IDC, factory revenue in the external disk storage systems market grew a record 12.5% YTY to $3.9 bln in Q3 2005. The total worldwide disk storage systems market also grew at a record year-over-year rate of 13.3% to $5.7 bln in Q3 2005. Total disk storage petabytes grew 58% YTY in Q3 2005, eclipsing half an exabyte for the first time at 505 petabytes. EMC maintained its lead in the external disk storage systems market with 20.3%, followed by HP and IBM with 19.1% and 12.9% revenue share, respectively. Hitachi improved its share position to end the quarter in a virtual tie with Dell for the fourth position with 8.3% revenue share versus 8.4% for Dell.
| Global external storage disk market in Q3 2005 | |||||
| Q3 2005 | Q3 2004 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Revenue, mln. $ | Share, % | Revenue, mln. $ | Share, % | YTY |
| EMC | $786 | 20.3% | $735 | 21.3% | 7.0% |
| HP | $740 | 19.1% | $645 | 18.7% | 14.7% |
| IBM | $499 | 12.9% | $415 | 12.0% | 20.2% |
| Dell | $325 | 8.4% | $243 | 7.1% | 33.5% |
| Hitachi | $321 | 8.3% | $289 | 8.4% | 11.1% |
| Others | $1,207 | 31.1% | $1,120 | 32.5% | 7.8% |
| Total | $3,878 | 100.0% | $3,447 | 100.0% | 12.5% |
| Source: IDC | |||||
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