Global External Controller-based (ECB) Disk Storage Market 2017-2021

Overview of the global external controller-based (ECB) disk storage market

Technavio's market study identifies the increase in adoption of cloud-based storage to be one of the primary growth factors for the external controller-based (ECB) disk storage market. Large enterprises and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly adopting cloud-storage to store the large amount of data generated through implementation through IoT. Business data is very essential for decision making and cloud computing enables to store the data online. Additionally, cloud computing offers various features such as low cost, better scalability, and high storage capacity. Technavio's market analysts estimate that the market will grow steadily at a CAGR of almost 24% by 2021.

The demand for hybrid arrays will be one of the major trends that will gain traction to the growth of the ECB disk storage market in the coming years. Hybrid storage arrays include both flash drives and hard disk drive (HDD) that are suitable for organizations that require high performance for applications and provide additional capacity for less critical applications at reduced costs. Additionally, enterprises adopt the hybrid arrays as these storage systems costs less than reconfiguring the existing arrays. Hybrid arrays cost less than flash-based arrays and provide good performance, that encourages SMEs and large enterprises to adopt these arrays.

Competitive landscape and key vendors

The increase in enterprise generated and processed data will increase the competition among the disk storage vendors that is encouraging them to innovate in terms of scalability and performance of storage systems. The key vendors are accounting for major market share as they are offering customized storage solutions in accordance with enterprise data processing demands.

The leading vendors in the market are -

• Dell
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise
• Hitachi Data Systems (HDS)
• IBM
• NetApp

The other prominent vendors in the market are FUJITSU, Super Micro Computer, Wistron, Oracle, and Huawei.

Segmentation by type and analysis of the ECB disk storage market

• Fiber Channel (FC)
• Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI)

Fiber channel storage area network (SAN) facilitates multiple servers to access the network storage that connects the FC storage arrays to the server through FC switches. Additionally, FC switches offer high speed for transferring data and high performance.

Geographical segmentation and analysis of the ECB disk storage market

• Americas
• APAC
• EMEA

The Americas contains a large number of data center facilities that are steadily expanding their existing data center facilities with more rack cabinets and storage systems. Also, the increased use of cloud services and big data analytics will influence the demand for high performance and energy-efficient storage infrastructure.

Key questions answered in the report include

• What will the market size and the growth rate be in 2021?
• What are the key factors driving the global external controller-based (ECB) disk storage market?
• What are the key market trends impacting the growth of the global external controller-based (ECB) disk storage market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in the global external controller-based (ECB) disk storage market?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the vendors in the global external controller-based (ECB) disk storage market?
• Trending factors influencing the market shares of the Americas, APAC, and EMEA.
• What are the key outcomes of the five forces analysis of the global external controller-based (ECB) disk storage market?

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External controller-based (ECB) disk storage devices are storage solutions that allow single or dual controller feature to the storage device. These are unified storage solutions designed for enterprise storage. This upcoming research report on the global ECB disk storage market offers insights into the key trends and emerging drivers promoting the growth of the hardware and semiconductor industry. Our reports for the hardware and semiconductor industry also follow a meticulous data collection methodology and offer an analysis of fast growing market segments like embedded systems. 

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Our market research methodology for the global ECB disk storage market

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