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Article: Disk Drive Arrays, The RAID Market Rises Above $13 Billion in Sales, Producing Lucky Winners and Unlucky Losers.
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- Business Wire
- Article date:
- November 23, 1998
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1998-- DISK/TREND's new market study on disk drive arrays, popularly known as RAID subsystems, confirms that the market is continuing the pattern of growth established during the 1990s, but it also indicates that some segments of the array market are distinctly more prosperous than others.
Disk drive array worldwide unit shipments are expected to rise 24% in 1998, with over 1.3 million arrays of all types. On the other hand, sales revenues are forecasted at $13 billion for the year, representing a more modest increase of 13.4%. RAID systems designed for use with networks and midrange systems generate 71% of the ...