The inexorable growth of the market for Ethernet storage continued in the first half of 2010 – in fact we’re getting very close to Ethernet storage being the majority of networked storage in the Enterprise.
According to IDC’s recent Q2 2010 Worldwide Storage Systems Hardware Tracker, Ethernet Storage (NAS plus iSCSI) revenue market share climbed to 45%, up from 39% in 2009, 32% in 2008 and 28% in 2007, as shown below.
|
|
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
Q2 2010 |
|
FC SAN |
72% |
68% |
61% |
55% |
|
iSCSI SAN |
6% |
10% |
13% |
15% |
|
NAS |
22% |
22% |
26% |
30% |
In terms of capacity market share, we have already see the crossover point, with Ethernet Storage at 52% of the total PB shipped, up from 47% in 2009, 42% in 2008 and 37% in 2007, as shown in the following table.
|
|
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
Q2 2010 |
|
FC SAN |
62% |
58% |
53% |
48% |
|
iSCSI SAN |
8% |
13% |
15% |
18% |
|
NAS |
29% |
29% |
32% |
34% |
