According to Dell'Oro Group, Outlook Bullish for SAN Market; Fibre Channel Switches and Host Bus Adapter Sales to Double Over Next Five Years.REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- In a newly released report, Dell'Oro Group forecasts manufacturer equipment sales of switches and Host Bus Adapters See host adapter. (HBAs) to rise from $2 billion in 2005 to $4 billion in 2009. While the long-term outlook is bullish, manufacturer consolidation may slow sales near-term. "Brocade, Cisco, Emulex, McDATA and QLogic will all benefit from strong user demand," said Tam Dell'Oro, Founder and Principal SAN Analyst. "End-users' storage needs are increasing by 30 to 100 percent annually because more data is being generated and retained for longer periods of time. This growth is being fueled by a number of factors: increases in the number of users, growth in the size of files, and a rise in the number of copies kept." The Dell'Oro Group report also forecasts that new emerging blade server A server architecture that houses multiple server modules ("blades") in a single chassis. It is widely used in datacenters to save space and improve system management. Either self-standing or rack mounted, the chassis provides the power supply, and each blade has its own CPU, memory and SAN equipment segments will grow faster than the overall SAN market. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the report, mezzanine HBAs will quadruple over the next few years. About the Report The Dell'Oro Group 5-Year Forecast Report provides a complete overview of the SAN Fibre Channel industry with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices The average sales price of goods or commodities. Especially used in the retail sector and technology distribution. , and port shipments (by speed 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps, greater than or equal to 4 Gbps) for Fibre Channel switches Major manufacturers of Fibre Channel switches are: Brocade, Cisco, McData and Qlogic.
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