Storage Systems Market Approaches $10 Billion in 2Q15 – Dell’Oro Group

Quarterly Storage Systems Report, a report from Dell’Oro Group, source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center IT industries, revealed that the overall storage systems market approached $10 billion, growing slightly Y/Y.

Sales were flat for largest market segment, External storage systems, but unit growth rose strongly, a reflection of sales shifting away from the high end.
 
“External storage systems are increasingly shipping with higher speed ports such as 16Gb FC as products become available, and 40Gb/s just started to ship. What is interesting is that the adoption of both 16 and 40Gb/s ports in data center switches is far greater than we see on external storage systems,” explained Chris DePuy, VP, Dell’Oro Group.

“For instance, in 2Q15, 16Gb FC represented well over half of all FC switch ports, while 16Gb FC ports on external storage systems only reresented 25% of all FC. We see the technology shifts in the network showing up on storage systems much later. With alternatives to 40Gb/s emerging, such as 50Gb/s, and 100Gb/s, this will be a very interesting market to watch,” added DePuy.