External disk storage up 12.5% in Q3 2005, 505 petabytes shipped

According to IDC, factory revenue in the external disk storage systems market grew a record 12.5% YTY to $3.9 bln in Q3 2005. The total worldwide disk storage systems market also grew at a record year-over-year rate of 13.3% to $5.7 bln in Q3 2005. Total disk storage petabytes grew 58% YTY in Q3 2005, eclipsing half an exabyte for the first time at 505 petabytes. EMC maintained its lead in the external disk storage systems market with 20.3%, followed by HP and IBM with 19.1% and 12.9% revenue share, respectively. Hitachi improved its share position to end the quarter in a virtual tie with Dell for the fourth position with 8.3% revenue share versus 8.4% for Dell.

Global external storage disk market in Q3 2005
	Q3 2005		Q3 2004		Growth
Vendor	Revenue, mln. $	Share, %	Revenue, mln. $	Share, %	YTY
EMC	$786	20.3%	$735	21.3%	7.0%
HP	$740	19.1%	$645	18.7%	14.7%
IBM	$499	12.9%	$415	12.0%	20.2%
Dell	$325	8.4%	$243	7.1%	33.5%
Hitachi	$321	8.3%	$289	8.4%	11.1%
Others	$1,207	31.1%	$1,120	32.5%	7.8%
Total	$3,878	100.0%	$3,447	100.0%	12.5%
Source: IDC