This IDC study focuses on the disk storage systems market in the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region and provides a detailed look at the 2005 market. It presents comprehensive data tables relating to the market and includes a separate section for each of the 12 countries in the region. Where appropriate, it also compares 2005 growth with the 2004 market growth.

The focus of the study is on disk storage systems being used in a networked storage or server-attached environment. The data shows storage system market revenue and terabyte shipments for a range of variables, including server OS; splits between internal and external storage; and splits between direct-attached storage (DAS), storage area networks (SANs), and network-attached storage (NAS). This databook also provides totals for each country, highlighting the market shares in 2005 for the major vendors in each country.

Graham Penn, associate vice president, Storage Research, IDC Asia/Pacific, says, "Increasing demand is evident for new storage capacities throughout the APEJ region. However, revenue growth is constrained by the lower price points resulting from technology advances, the adoption of lower-cost entry-level and modular midrange disk storage systems, and significant market competition. Increasingly, systems are being networked so that access to data is broadened, data protection is increased, and utilization rates of the available capacity can be maximized."