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Server Storage Area Network (SAN) Market


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Server Storage Area Network (SAN) is a booming technology in the storage industry. The technology uses the concept of combined compute and shared storage that eliminates the requirement for separate storage array. The technology replaces the traditional form of storage by overcoming the problems of storage management and delivers the advantages of higher availability, better performance, and costs.

The global server SAN market has been classified based on the type of solutions into software, platform, and other hardware and by service into professional services and system integration services. The global market is expected to be $3,150.0 Million in 2015 and is estimated to grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 51.3% during the forecast period of 2015–2020. The North American market is expected to hold the highest market share of $1,215.2 Million in 2015 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 49.6% during the forecast period, while APAC is estimated to grow at the highest CAGR of 56.2% during the forecast period among all other geographical regions.

The service market for server SAN market is expected to grow at a high CAGR of 53.2% in the next 5 years, owing to factors like high growth in the adoption of managed services and increasing requirements of various kinds of post- and pre-sales services. The system integration service segment is estimated to account for the larger share of the global service market for server SAN in 2015.

The server SAN market is further segmented on the basis of market by type as enterprise server SAN and hyperscale server SAN; by end user into small and midsize businesses and large businesses; and further by region. The market is promoted by both enterprise and service providers. Currently, the market is witnessing emergences of various individual solution and service providers giving healthy competition to other established solution and service providers.

A number of factors including increasing number of data centers and requirement for improved data storage management are driving the growth of the global market. The other factors driving the growth of the server SAN markets include reduction of additional data center infrastructure costs, highly scalable storage, and improved data access and storage management. The major players in this market that are contributing to the major share include HP, Citrix Systems, EMC, Nutanix, and DataCore, among others. On the basis of region, this market is classified into five regions, namely North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and Latin America.

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