This update offers a brief view of the German external disk storage systems forecasts by storage price band. 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 in the aforementioned study. In this update, IDC has compressed the normal nine storage price bands into five. 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 update for a copy of the pivot table.