This Update offers a brief view of the U.K. external disk storage systems forecasts by storage price band. All data within this update refers only to U.K. external arrays, unless otherwise stated. A more detailed set of market forecasts, definitions, and forecast assumptions can be found in IDC's Western European Disk Storage Systems Forecast and Analysis, 2005-2010. A forecast assumptions table can be found in Table 29 within this study. IDC has compressed the normal nine storage price bands into five in this update. A pivot table containing cross sections of price bands and installation environments (SAN, NAS, and DAS) is available to those that have purchased this update or subscribe to IDC's European Storage Systems Continuous Information Service. Please contact the author of this study for a copy of the pivot table.