State of File-Based Storage Use in Organizations: Results from IDC's 2009 Trends in File-Based Storage Survey : Market Research Report

State of File-Based Storage Use in Organizations: Results from IDC's 2009 Trends in File-Based Storage Survey

Published by: IDC

Published: Dec. 20, 2009 - 20 Pages

Table of Contents
IDC Opinion

In This Study
Methodology
Situation Overview
Current Profile of File-Based Storage Use
Information Stored on FBS Assets: Well Beyond File and Print
Current FBS Pain Points
Future Outlook
Continued Diversity in Data Use Cases Drives FBS Capacity Growth
A Growing Case for FBS Backup and Archiving in SMBs
File and Print Services Remain Strong in Medium-Sized Businesses
Storage for Virtualized Environments Is an Important New Use Case
Consolidation and Availability Are Driving FBS Investment Priorities
Keeping Up the Efficiency Effort with More Consolidation
Boosting Availability with Remote DR for FBS Environments
Addressing a Multitude of Needs with Virtualization
Technology Priorities for 2010: Making FBS Solutions Better
Boosting FBS Asset Efficiency Drives Technology Choices in Large and Medium-Sized Businesses
Data Security Hopes Rest Primarily on Encryption
Achieving Better Control with Scale-Out FBS
Use of Solid State to Boost FBS Performance Is a Select Requirement
Essential Guidance
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Appendix
Synopsis
Table: Respondents by Company Size
Table: Respondents by Industry
Table: IT Respondents by Job Title
Table: Non-IT Respondents by Job Title
Figure: Worldwide Storage Capacity Shipped by Segment, 2008–2013
Figure: File-Based Storage as a Percentage of Total Storage Capacity by System Type and Company Size
Figure: Respondents with Total Reliance on File-Based Storage by Company Size
Figure: Allocation of File-Based Storage Resources by File Type and Company Size
Figure: Top File-Based Storage Management Challenges by Company Size
Figure: Data Types Expected to Grow Fastest in 2010 by Company Size
Figure: Top 5 File-Based Storage Investments in 2010 by Company Size
Figure: Top Technologies for File-Based Storage Environments by Company Size

Abstract

This IDC study assesses the results of IDC's 2009 Trends in File-Based Storage Survey conducted in October. Organizations' creation and use of file-based data is growing rapidly in terms of data types and solutions used to store that data. Two overarching themes from the survey are that consolidation and improved availability through DR or use of virtualization are important investment priorities.

"The expanding diversity and scope of file-based data sets mean that companies are deploying a wide array of FBS solutions ranging from scale-up file servers and NAS devices to scale-out global file stores based on clustered or grid architectures. This diversity of options is complicating management and posing significant investment challenges." — Richard Villars, vice president, Storage and IT Executive Strategies

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