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

Publication Date	March 2009
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	14
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	IDC07048

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Summary

This IDC study evaluates enterprise storage power and cooling costs in light of the economic crisis that began in 2008, the increasing adoption of storage efficiency technologies, and the change in assumptions around the adoption of more efficient hardware technology (e.g., small form factor HDDs and SSDs).

"The economic crisis has changed the current reality, as well as the future. However, one behavior continues to stay true: the storing of digital content. IDC knows of no company that has made a decision to stop storing data. That said, in light of this extreme era of cost containment, behaviors and assumptions have changed. Because of this, not only were we compelled to refresh our outlook on the costs to power and cool enterprise storage but also to analyze the costs to manage it - just how much enterprise storage-related money is spent beyond the storage hardware acquisition costs? More than the hardware cost itself." David Reinsel, group vice president, Storage and Semiconductors.

Content

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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- Methodology
- Synopsis