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Gartner: ECB Disk Storage on the Up

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According to Gartner global Q4 2013 external controller-based (ECB) disk storage revenues total $6.3 billion-- a 5% Y-o-Y increase and return to growth following an "abysmal" Q3 2013.

"Driven by pent-up demand and the year-end budget flush phenomenon, the market overcame a fragile global economy" the analyst says.

ECB Q4 Revenues

Only EMC and HP beat 5% market growth rate-- HP leads when it comes to growth (25.3% Y-o-Y) thanks to broad acceptance of the 3PAR StoreServ and StorOnce disk-based backup platforms, while market leader EMC sees success through the VNX and Data Domain refreshes.

Further enabling EMC growth (9.2% Y-o-Y) is increasing traction of the Clustered Data ONTAP operating system within both its installed base and as an alternative to competing solutions, Gartner says.

Meanwhile Dell, IBM and Oracle continue to underperform and lose share-- Dell sees the highest losses (-14.4% Y-o-Y) as the Compellent offering fails to offset declines within the rest of the Dell ECB disk storage portfolio. IBM fails to gain enough traction from its IP-based disk storage products, and Oracle suffers from inadequate market coverage.

2013 Revenues

On a full-year 2013 basis the market totals $22.5bn with 1.4% growth, the lowest since the 2009 decline as global macroeconomies (including EMEA, N. America and Asia/Pacific) remain muddled. Gartner adds pricing per terabyte continues to decline as expected, but ASPs are up by 5.1%, signaling larger configurations.

Go Gartner Says WW ECB Disk Storage Market Grew 5% in Q4 2013