This IDC study provides a comprehensive overview and definitions for IDC's enterprise storage systems research, outlining market segmentations and measurement methodologies for the storage industry including classification by technology, vendor, geography, and revenue metrics."Enterprise storage continues to evolve to meet significantly changing workload requirements in this era of digital transformation," said Eric Burgener, research vice president, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies. "In this year's enterprise storage systems taxonomy, we've made changes to our hyperconverged and scale-out NAS infrastructure definitions to reflect some of these changes to help our clients better understand market evolution."
IDC's Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Taxonomy
Enterprise Storage Systems Taxonomy Changes for 2021
Taxonomy Overview
Definitions
- Enterprise Storage Systems Suppliers
- Branded Market View
- Enterprise Storage Systems
- External OEM Storage
- Array Types
- Fusion All Solid-State Arrays
- Fusion Hybrid Arrays
- All-Flash Arrays, Hybrid Flash Arrays, and HDD-Only Arrays
- Internal OEM Storage
- ODM Direct Storage
- Storage Product Categories
- Data Organization and Access
- Software-Defined Storage and File- and Object-Based Storage
- Two Key SDS and FOBS Solution Building Blocks
- SBS Hardware
- SDS Controller Software
- SDS and FOBS Market Segments
- Other Definitions Related to All Market Segments
- Enterprise Storage Systems Types
- Media Types
- Operating Systems
- Architecture
- Data Access Method
- Installation Environments
- Topology
- Additional Definitions
- Storage Class and Price Bands
- Storage Class
- Price Bands
- Geographic Segmentation
- Enterprise Storage Market Metrics
- Revenue
- Vendor Revenue
- Value
- Units
- Terabytes
- Gigabytes Per Unit
- Average Selling Value and List Price
- Exchange Rates
- Future Outlook
- Essential Guidance
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