Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues in Q2 2007 grew 6.2% from Q2 2006 to $4.3 bln, marking 18 consecutive quarters of YTY growth. For the quarter, the total disk storage systems market grew to $6.1 bln up 5.9% from Q2 2006. Total disk storage systems capacity shipped grew 50.1% from Q2 2006, reaching 1.2 exabytes.
| Global external disk storage revenues in Q2 2007 | |||||
| Q2 2007 | Q2 2006 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Revenue, mln. $ | Share | Revenue, mln. $ | Share | YTY |
| EMC | $920 | 21.4% | $830 | 20.5% | 10.8% |
| HP | $619 | 14.4% | $620 | 15.3% | -0.3% |
| IBM | $584 | 13.6% | $558 | 13.8% | 4.7% |
| Dell | $405 | 9.4% | $327 | 8.1% | 23.8% |
| Hitachi | $348 | 8.1% | $332 | 8.2% | 4.7% |
| Others | $1,423 | 33.1% | $1,380 | 34.1% | 3.1% |
| All Vendors | $4,299 | 100.0% | $4,048 | 100.0% | 6.2% |
| Source: IDC | |||||