SAN Switches Market at 5.62% CAGR Over 2012-2016 – Research and Markets

Research and Markets announced the addition of the Global SAN Switches Market 2012-2016  report ($2,000) to its offerings.

The analysts forecast the SAN switch market to grow at a CAGR of 5.62% over the period 2012-2016.

One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is need to reduce storage administration costs. The market has also been witnessing an increasing adoption of FCoE technology. However, high FC SAN implementation costs could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.

The key vendors dominating this space include Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., and QLogic Corp. The other vendors mentioned in this report are Arista Networks Inc., ATTO Technology Inc., Chelsio Communications Inc., Emulex Corp., IBM Corp., Intel Corp., LSI Corp., and Mellanox Technologies Ltd.

Commenting on the report, an analyst from the team said: "FCoE SAN technology is gaining popularity in the storage environment as it relies on a number of new protocols and new features. At the same time, FCoE has many advantages over the ethernet. The major change is that FCoE offers far more intelligence and capabilities in terms of access and routing decisions. Hence, FCoE SAN switches are more involved in the network than the basic ethernet switches. Hence, many end-users are adopting FCoE SAN technology to better manage network data traffic and storage across the organizational network."

One of the major factors driving the SAN switch market is the emerging need to reduce storage administration costs. The market is driven by the fact that SAN devices offer a significant reduction in the overall network storage cost. For organizations across the globe, particularly SMEs, the need to reduce the overall cost is a major criterion for adopting storage devices.