If you’ve ever wondered how your storage infrastructure compares to other enterprises, the results from the Primary Data Storage Census shed light on just how complex storage is becoming today. 51 percent of the survey reported managing more than 10 different storage systems today, and 34 percent enterprises of manage 20 or more.

1. April 2016
Storage Census Survey

2. 2
WITH FLASH AND CLOUD NOW DATACENTER
STANDARDS, HOW MANY DIFFERENT STORAGE
TYPES DO ENTERPRISES MANAGE TODAY?

3. Storage Census Highlights

4. 4
51% OF ENTERPRISES MANAGE 10 OR MORE STORAGE SYSTEMS,
34% MANAGE 20 OR MORE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS
Source: Primary Data Storage Census, 2016

5. 5
NEARLY TWO-THIRDS OF ENTERPRISES MANAGE STORAGE
FROM THREE TO NINE DIFFERENT VENDORS
Source: Primary Data Storage Census, 2016

6. 6
31 FLAVORS: GOOD FOR ICE CREAM
COMPLEX FOR STORAGE MANAGEMENT

7. Storage Census Data

8. Storage Census Demographics
3%
6%
3%
11%
22%
56%
CXO/SVP Sales/Marketing
Director Architect
Admin Undisclosed
53%
3%3%
3%
3%
36%
United States Netherlands
Germany India
Malaysia Undisclosed
19%
6%
19%
28%
28%
100-200 200-500 500-1000
J O B T I T L E C O U N T R Y # O F E M P L O Y E E S
n = 36

9. Number of Storage Systems Managed
28%
22%
14%
6%
31%
2-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20+
PERCENTAGEOFRESPONDENTS
S T O R A G E T Y P E S

10. Number of Vendors Managed
25%
11%
28%
17%
11%
3%
0% 0%
3%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
PERCENTAGEOFRESPONDENTS
V E N D O R S

11. Number of Storage Systems Managed by Company Size
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
20+ 15-19 10-14 5-9 2-4
5000+ employees 1000 - 5000 employees 500 - 1000 employees 200 - 500 employees 100 - 200 employees

12. Number of Physical Hosts
14%
25%
19%
39%
3%
1-9 10-49 50-99 100+ No response
PERCENTAGEOFRESPONDENTS
H O S T S

13. Number of Physical Hosts Managed by Company Size
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
100+ 50-99 10-49 1-9
5000+ employees 1000 - 5000 employees 500 - 1000 employees 200 - 500 employees 100 - 200 employees

14. Q & A