6. Spending on raw storage will begin to grow again, following two years of dramatic decline

I’m nervous to make predictions around raw storage devices following the failures I’ve made here over the last couple of years. There’s no doubt that these markets have proved highly volatile since the pandemic, when not enough of these components were made to meet demand and then were over produced. […] Read more »

Storage systems – sales steady, but uncoupled from raw storage growth

A look at the size, growth and major suppliers of storage systems in 2022. Read more »

Storage systems 2021 – stable spending in a sea of change

The worldwide storage systems hardware market grew by just 2% in 2021 to reach $34.8 billion, which proved yet again that the success of these products has become increasingly unconnected with that of raw storage, which grew by 19% growth in the year. My Figure above shows total spending by […] Read more »

Storage systems hardware and software, raw storage trends and market shares

My latest shares, trends and analysis of the global storage market Read more »

Storage systems – 1.8ZB shipped, $33.4b spent in 2019

A sizing of the storage systems and raw storage markets in 2019 Read more »

Storage systems – calm in a stormy storage sea

Some stats and thoughts about the storage systems market in the first half of 2019 Read more »

Storage sales $199b in 2018 – exponential capacity growth, increasing software control

A look at the balance between raw and system storage markets Read more »

Storage 2017 – growth at last!

A complete review of the storage systems, disc, NAND and DRAM markets. Read more »