Abstract
This IDC study provides an overview of the disk drive
technology and the key factors influencing disk drive adoption rate
in the Asia/Pacific region, with an emphasis on storage market
user' s behavior trend to current data growth. It introduces the
advantages of Serial ATA (SATA), Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), and
Fibre Channel (FC) drives and market perspectives from end users
and vendors. Furthermore, IDC provides a strategic forecast including possible
drive adoption trend in the region, actions to be taken,
business strategy, and end-user demand shifts.
"Single drive support architecture will
not survive today because of data diversity and applications' demands.
Enterprise users now have to consider the multiple drive support
to existing business applications. With the inner shifts of data
type, a future use of SATA and SAS will take
over the place where the FC drive stands today. Another
challenge is from the solid state disk (SSD) and the
price issue associated with technology innovation. Green and its features
are largely affecting the disk drive invention. Sooner or later,
we will see the huge movement from the disk drive
market," says Reco Li, senior research analyst, Storage Research, IDC
Asia/Pacific.
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