The Real Costs to Power and Cool All the World's External Storage

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
• Situation Overview
• Figure: Datacenter Storage Capacity Dynamics, 1998-2012
  • HDDs: Improvements Everywhere ? Almost
  • Figure: HDD-Related Metrics, 1998-2012
  • Figure: Watts Per HDD by Spin Speed and Form Factor, 1998-2011
  • Figure: IOPS Per Gigabyte by Spin Speed and Form Factor, 1998-2008
  • Figure: OEM Cost Per IOPS Per Gigabyte by Spin Speed and Form Factor, 1998-2008
  • Calculating the Costs to Power and Cool All the World' s External Storage
    • Methodology
    • Results
    • Figure: Calculating the Watts
    • Figure: Cost to Purchase, Power, and Cool 1PB of Storage, 1999-2011
    • Figure: Petabyte Installed Base Growth Versus Power and Cooling Cost Growth, 1999-2011
    • Table: Worldwide External Enterprise Storage Carbon Footprint, 2006-2011
• Future Outlook
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
  • Related Research
  • Methodology
  • Synopsis