IDC's Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker Taxonomy

Figure: Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker Primary Segments

Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker Taxonomy Changes for 2022

Taxonomy Overview

Definitions

Enterprise Storage Systems Definition

Entry-Level Business Storage

Figure: IDC's Personal and Entry-Level Storage Systems Taxonomy

Technology Segmentations

Vendor Type

ODM Direct

Product Category Group

Table: Mapping Changes to Product Category

Table: Compute-Intensive and Storage-Intensive Demarcation Points

Product Category

External OEM (Formerly External Storage)

Server-Based Storage

Internal OEM (Formerly Internal Storage) and ODM Direct

Storage-Intensive Systems

Compute-Intensive Systems

Storage Expansion Systems

Storage Array Type

All-Flash Array

Hybrid Flash Array

Media Type

Topology

Installation

Data Access (Previously Referred to as Protocol)

Table: Mapping of Protocol to Data Access Types

Data Organization

Object-Based Storage

Operating System

Enterprise Storage System Suppliers

Branded Market View

Storage Class/Price Band

Storage Class

Price Band

Geographic Segmentation

Table: Geographic Coverage

Enterprise Storage Market Metrics

Revenue

Vendor Revenue

Value

Units

Terabytes

Dollar per Gigabyte

Gigabytes per Unit

Average Selling Value and List Price

Exchange Rates

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Methodology

Related Research

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