Abstract
This IDC study evaluates enterprise storage power and cooling costs in light of
the economic crisis that began in 2008, the increasing adoption of storage
efficiency technologies, and the change in assumptions around the adoption of
more efficient hardware technology (e.g., small form factor HDDs and SSDs).
"The economic crisis has changed the current reality, as well as the future.
However, one behavior continues to stay true: the storing of digital content.
IDC knows of no company that has made a decision to stop storing data. That
said, in light of this extreme era of cost containment, behaviors and
assumptions have changed. Because of this, not only were we compelled to
refresh our outlook on the costs to power and cool enterprise storage but also
to analyze the costs to manage it - just how much enterprise storage-related
money is spent beyond the storage hardware acquisition costs? More than the
hardware cost itself." David Reinsel, group vice president, Storage and
Semiconductors.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Situation Overview
- Worldwide Collapse in Economies
- Figure: Worldwide IT Spending Share, 2007-2012: Comparison of Black Book Forecasts
- Figure: Hardware Spending Cuts in Event of Downside Scenario
- Accelerated Adoption of Performance-Optimized Small Form Factor HDDs (2.5in.)
- Figure: Worldwide Enterprise External Storage HDD Shipments by Form Factor and Average Watts per HDD, 2007-2012
- Integration of Capacity-Optimized 2.5in. HDDs and SSDs into IDC' s Model
- Figure: Worldwide Average Watts per Drive by Form Factor, Drive Type, and Spin Speed, 2009
- Much Higher HDD Capacity Assumptions
- Figure: Worldwide External Storage HDD Average Capacity Shipped, 2007-2012: Comparison of June 2008 and March 2009 Models
- Future Outlook
- Table: General Storage Efficiency Strategies
- Table: Worldwide External Enterprise Storage Carbon Footprint, 2007-2012
- Storage Management Costs - Beyond Power and Cooling
- Figure: Worldwide External Storage Costs and Installed Base, 2007-2012
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Methodology
- Synopsis
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