2014 inventory data inventory

According to IDC's global personal storage and entry-level storage market tracking report, the global personal and entry-level storage (PELS) market grew by 1.5% in the second quarter of 2014, with shipments reaching 17 million units. The value of shipments in the second quarter increased by 1.8% year-on-year to 15 million units as shipments grew.

Liz Conner, Senior Research Analyst at IDC Storage Systems, said that in the second quarter of 2014, shipments in the personal and entry-level storage market were 16.9 million units, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%, the first time since the second quarter of 2013, shipments in the entire market appeared. Year-on-year growth. The main driving force behind this growth is the entry-level market - mainly for SOHO and SME buyers - as well as higher-capacity and higher-speed personal storage devices. People’s interest in entry-level and higher-end personal storage markets is also an important factor in enhancing customers’ understanding of data storage, improving manufacturers’ products, adjusting data storage expectations, and strengthening market and customer education. The average selling price is also increasing. Personal storage instead of enterprise storage.

The share of hard drive manufacturers in personal and entry-level storage shipments continued to grow, with a year-on-year increase of 3.3% to 77.6%. Although the entry-level storage market continued to be dominated by mainstream non-HDD vendors, their shipment share reached 58.8%, but their market share decreased by 13% year-on-year.

Shipments of 3.5-inch models decreased 8.5% year-on-year in shipments, and shipments of 2.5-inch models increased by 2.2% year-on-year. The 3.5-inch product continues to give way to more portable 2.5-inch products, the former share of the same period decreased by 2.2%. In the 3.5-inch personal storage market, 2TB devices accounted for 45.2% of shipments. In the 2.5-inch personal storage market, 1TB devices accounted for 58.2% of the market.

USB continues to be the main interface choice for the personal and entry-level storage market, with shipments increasing by 1.5% year-on-year. Ethernet is still the main interface choice for the entry-level market, accounting for 93.8% of the market. Thunderbolt continues to grow, with shipments growing at a rate of 10%. Of course, its previous base is very small.