Report: The Economic Meltdown and Its Chilling Effect on the Cost to Power, Cool, and Manage Enterprise Storage TOC

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
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- Related Research
- Methodology
- Synopsis

The Economic Meltdown and Its Chilling Effect on the Cost to Power, Cool, and Manage Enterprise Storage