Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues in Q3 2006 grew 9.9% from Q3 2005 to $4.3 bln, marking 14 consecutive quarters of YTY growth. For the quarter, the total disk storage systems market grew to $6.2 bln, up 7.9% from the prior year’s quarter. For the first time, total disk storage systems capacity shipped 783 petabytes, growing 50.2% from Q3 2005.
| Global external disk storage in Q3 2006 | |||||
| Q3 2006 | Q3 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Revenue | Share | Revenue | Share | YTY |
| EMC | $927 | 21.4% | $786 | 20.0% | 18.0% |
| HP | $760 | 17.6% | $746 | 19.0% | 1.8% |
| IBM | $591 | 13.7% | $517 | 13.1% | 14.3% |
| Dell | $347 | 8.0% | $322 | 8.2% | 7.7% |
| Hitachi | $340 | 7.9% | $324 | 8.2% | 5.1% |
| Others | $1,358 | 31.4% | $1,239 | 31.5% | 9.6% |
| All Vendors | $4,324 | 100.0% | $3,934 | 100.0% | 9.9% |
| Source: IDC | |||||