Server Storage Area Network Market Overview
The Server Storage Area Network market size is projected to grow from USD 8.5436 billion in 2024 to USD 80.6 billion by 2032, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.86% during the forecast period (2024 - 2032). Additionally, the market size for Server Storage Area Network was valued at USD 6.2 billion in 2023.
Highly scalable storage, reduced operational cost, an increasing number of data centers, improved data access, and storage management are the key market drivers enhancing market growth.
Figure1: Server Storage Area Network Market, 2018 - 2032 (USD Billion)
Source: Secondary Research, Primary Research, MRFR Database, and Analyst Review
Server Storage Area Network Market Trends
Improved Data Centre Infrastructure is driving the market growth
The rising number of data centers drives market CAGR for Server Storage Area Networks. A data center shares applications and stores data. Which has components that consist of switches, storage systems, routers, servers, and security. The Increasing number of data centers, the reduction of additional data center infrastructure costs, the need for improved data storage, improved data access and storage management, and highly scalable storage are some of the major factors driving the server storage area network market.
Additionally, the reduced operational cost is the major benefit of the server storage area network. Also, the useful life of storage assets and resources can be extended. Overall infrastructure costs of the combined server and storage should be less than solutions utilizing a traditional storage array. Besides, the rapid development of e-commerce businesses because of the growing number of consumers online has propelled the adoption of Storage Area Networks to store important data in databases. This can assist in enhancing data efficiencies while making it convenient to have access across connected devices.
However, lack of awareness about server storage area networks, solutions and lack of expertise are still major restraining factors. Many SMEs is still dependent upon traditional storage instead of server storage area network. The COVID-19 outbreak severely affected almost all industries across the globe, with lockdown enforcements and restrictions on movements of non-essential goods as well as resources in various countries has disrupted the supply chain of electronic components & networking equipment.
For instance, only a few large organizations can see this market's numerous benefits. There were hiking solutions such as collaboration tools, work-from-home infrastructure, virtualization infrastructure, mobile devices, VPN networking, security, zoom, and desktop support during the lockdown. This fueled the interest in people for video conferencing solutions during the crisis, generating a large amount of data that will require high-end technologies to analyze. Thus, driving the Server Storage Area Network market revenue.
Server Storage Area Network Market Segment Insights
Server Storage Area Network Component Insights
The global Server Storage Area Network market segmentation, based on components, includes hardware and software. The hardware category dominated the market, accounting for the largest market revenue. A Server Storage Area Network is hardware that links servers to shared pools of storage devices dedicated to moving storage traffic in a Storage Area Network. Each device with networks can have access storage on the storage area network.
Server Storage Area Network Services Insights
The global Server Storage Area Network market segmentation, based on services, includes professional and managed. The professional category generated the most income, which is sub-segmented into consulting services, support & maintenance services, and integration & deployment services. With the help of professional services, large industries facing problems in storing their massive amounts of data and deployments on data centers are helped successfully by managing sensitive company information systematically.
Server Storage Area Network Type Insights
The global Server Storage Area Network market segmentation, based on type, includes Hyperscale server SAN and Enterprise server SAN. The hyperscale server SAN category generated the most income. A hyper-scale server SAN is a network architecture that delivers high performance and scalability by using inexpensive off-the-shelf components. In which the data is gathered and stored systematically across several low-capacity servers located in data centers. The design offers benefits such as easy maintenance & deployment, lower capital expenditure, and flexibility to scale up quickly when required.
However, enterprise server SAN has its own benefits with a server system and integrated storage. These servers can be deployed in a data center or at customer premises using direct-attach storage devices or through Fibre Channel/FCP (Fiber Channel over Ethernet).
Server Storage Area Network Organization Insights
Based on the organization, the global Server Storage Area Network market segmentation includes SMEs and Large Enterprises. The SMEs category dominated the market during the forecast period. This is owing to SMEs' rising adoption of cloud storage as they opt for cost-efficient I.T. infrastructure. Additionally, factors such as growing demand for web applications and e-commerce transactions, along with traffic in mobile users, are anticipated to drive the demand over the forecast period.
However, the large enterprise category is projected to witness significant growth over the forecast period due to an increase in on-premise software as well as hardware solutions adopted by enterprises worldwide.
Figure 2: Global Server Storage Area Network Market, by Organization, 2022 & 2032 (USD Billion)
Source: Secondary Research, Primary Research, MRFR Database, and Analyst Review
Server Storage Area Network Regional Insights
By region, the study provides market insights into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Rest of the World. The North American Server Storage Area Network market will dominate due to a higher concentration of service enterprises offering server storage and solutions for small and large enterprises.
Further, the major countries studied in the market report are The US, Canada, German, France, the U.K., Italy, Spain, China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, and Brazil.
Figure 3: GLOBAL SERVER STORAGE AREA NETWORK MARKET SHARE BY REGION 2022 (USD Billion)
Source: Secondary Research, Primary Research, MRFR Database, and Analyst Review
Europe Server Storage Area Network market accounts for the second-largest market share because most of the companies are bringing advanced technologies in their services and solutions in this region. Further, the German Server Storage Area Network market held the largest market share, and the U.K. Server Storage Area Network market was the fastest-growing market in the European region.
The Asia-Pacific Server Storage Area Network Market is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR from 2023 to 2032. This is due to due to growing popularity of e-commerce websites in this region. Moreover, China’s Server Storage Area Network market held the largest market share, and the Indian Server Storage Area Network market was the fastest-growing market in the Asia-Pacific region.
Server Storage Area Network Key Market Players & Competitive Insights
Leading market players are investing heavily in R&D in order to expand their product lines, which will help the Server Storage Area Network market grow even more. Market participants are also undertaking a variety of strategic activities to expand their global footprint, with important market developments including new product launches, contractual agreements, mergers and acquisitions, higher investments, and collaboration with other organizations. To expand and survive in a more competitive and rising market climate, Server Storage Area Network industry must offer cost-effective items.
Manufacturing locally to minimize operational costs is one of the key business tactics used by manufacturers in the global Server Storage Area Network industry to benefit clients and increase the market sector. In recent years, the Server Storage Area Network industry has offered some of the most significant advantages to medicine. Major players in the Server Storage Area Network market, including Hewlett-Packard Development Company (U.S.), Dell EMC (U.S.), Data Core Software (U.S.), Nutanix (U.S.), Citrix Systems, Inc (U.S.), and others, are attempting to increase market demand by investing in research and development operations.
Dell EMC (U.S.) was started back in 1984 by Michael S. Dell in Texas, U.S. Dell designs, develops, produces, markets, sells, and supports information technology infrastructure such as laptops, desktops, workstations, mobiles, storage devices, cloud solutions, software, and notebooks. It markets products under Dell, Pivotal, Secure Works, Dell EMC, and Alienware brand names. It also provides a variety of financial services, such as originating, collecting, and servicing customer receivables financing agreements, connected with the usage of its software, products, and service solutions. Dell serves corporate businesses, educational institutions, government, healthcare organizations, law enforcement agencies, and small and medium-sized businesses.
Nutanix (U.S.) was incorporated in 2009 and is located in San Jose, California, United States. The company offers unified enterprise applications, virtual desktop infrastructure, databases, and big data analytics. And also provides various solutions such as hybrid cloud-native, business-critical apps, virtualization and cloud, databases, and consolidated storage services, among others. It serves to automotive, consumer goods, financial services, education, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, media, retail, public sector, and technology and telecommunications sectors.
Key Companies in the Server Storage Area Network market include
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Hewlett-Packard Development Company (U.S.)
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Dell EMC (U.S.)
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Data Core Software (U.S.)
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Nutanix (U.S.)
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Citrix Systems, Inc (U.S.)
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Hitachi, Ltd (Japan)
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Scale Computing (U.S.)
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StorMagic Ltd. (U.K.)
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others
Server Storage Area Network Industry Developments
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) started its storage as a service (SaaS) portfolio with 32Gb fiber channel connectivity in June 2023. The HPR GreenLake for Block Storage MP powered by the HPE Alletra Storage MP hardware is the next generation system connected to traditional SCSI-based FC or NVMe over FC of SAN.
Lenovo announced a distributed storage solution for IBM storage scale (DSS-G) on ThinkSystem V3 in November 2023. Lenovo Distributed Storage Solution for IBM Storage Scale (DSS-G) is a software-defined storage (SDS) solution for dense scalable file and object storage suitable for high-performance and data-intensive environments. Combining the performance of Lenovo ThinkSystem servers, Lenovo storage enclosures, and industry-leading IBM Storage Scale software, DSS-G represents a high-performance building block approach that is scalable enough to meet modern business needs.
NetApp released its first-ever block storage-only appliance in May 2023, which streamlines its current range of unified storage arrays comprising block store solutions targeting SAN customers. In addition, NetApp released the NetApp Ransomware Recovery Guarantee which will cover losses in case data copies are irrecoverable due to ransomware attacks.
FlexPod XCS was introduced globally by Cisco in February 2022 when it partnered with NetApp – the leading cloud-led software company, with a new generation of FlexPod that offers one automated platform for modern applications, data and hybrid cloud services. Pre-validated server technologies from Cisco, as well as networking and storage technology from NetApp, make up FlexPod. The new FlexPod XCS platform accelerates the delivery of present apps and data within cloud computing's hybrid model.FlexPod XCS is natively integrated across all three major public clouds, such as Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes on AWS (Amazon Web Services), Anthos on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and VMware Cloud on AWS.
Nutanix, an early enterprise cloud computing trailblazer, increased its Nutanix stack to include new features that enable it to handle big data and analytics workloads as well as unstructured data storage in March 2020. This includes managing object data across multiple Nutanix clusters for massive scaling (achieving very large scale), more capacity per node for object storage (400% increase in object storage capacity per node), etc. Furthermore, these enhancements complement an already big data-optimized cloud platform, which enables performance scaling out and provides cost-effective ways of utilizing existing unused resources.
Server Storage Area Network Market Segmentation
Server Storage Area Network Component Outlook
Server Storage Area Network Services Outlook
Server Storage Area Network Type Outlook
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Hyperscale Server SAN
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Enterprise Server SAN
Server Storage Area Network Organization Outlook
Server Storage Area Network Regional Outlook
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North America
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Europe
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Germany
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France
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UK
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Italy
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Spain
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Rest of Europe
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Asia-Pacific
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China
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Japan
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India
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Australia
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South Korea
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Australia
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Rest of Asia-Pacific
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Rest of the World
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Middle East
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Africa
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Latin America
Report Attribute/Metric |
Details |
Market Size 2023 |
USD 6.2 Billion |
Market Size 2024 |
USD 8.5436 Billion |
Market Size 2032 |
USD 80.6 Billion |
Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) |
32.38% (2024-2032) |
Base Year |
2023 |
Market Forecast Period |
2024-2032 |
Historical Data |
2018- 2022 |
Market Forecast Units |
Value (USD Billion) |
Report Coverage |
Revenue Forecast, Market Competitive Landscape, Growth Factors, and Trends |
Segments Covered |
Component, Services, Type, Organization, and Region |
Geographies Covered |
North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and the Rest of the World |
Countries Covered |
The US, Canada, German, France, UK, Italy, Spain, China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, and Brazil |
Key Companies Profiled |
Hewlett-Packard Development Company (U.S.), Dell EMC (U.S.), DataCore Software (U.S.), Nutanix (U.S.), Citrix Systems, Inc (U.S.) |
Key Market Opportunities |
high availability, efficient performance, and cost savings on the additional storage requirement |
Key Market Dynamics |
Increasing adoption of data centers for improved data storage management |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) :
The global Server Storage Area Network market size was valued at USD 6.2 Billion in 2023.
The global market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 32.38% during the forecast period, 2024-2032.
North America had the largest share of the global market
The key players in the market are Hewlett-Packard Development Company (U.S.), Dell EMC (U.S.), DataCore Software (U.S.), Nutanix (U.S.), and Citrix Systems, Inc (U.S.).
The hardware category dominated the market in 2022.
The professional had the largest share in the global market.
The Hyperscale server SAN had the largest share of the global market.
The SMEs had the largest share of the global market.