The SAN market is expanding in new directions to incorporate device, policy, and data management layers. In addition, SAN technology is playing an important role as businesses consolidate infrastructure and solidify business continuity plans.

To take advantage of the opportunities in this market, component manufacturers, equipment vendors, service providers, and financial institutions need to answer critical business questions including:

• How quickly are enterprises migrating their Fibre Channel SAN to 8 Gbps?
• What is the penetration of Fibre Channel SAN in small- and medium-sized enterprises?
• When will Fibre Channel over Ethernet become reality?
• Which equipment vendors lead the markets and who are the emerging players?

To answer these and other important questions, Dell’Oro Group delivers both quarterly reports and 5-year forecasts on the SAN market.

SAN Quarterly Reports

In February, May, August, and November, Dell’Oro Group publishes SAN quarterly reports containing in-depth market-level and detailed vendor market share information on the following markets:

• Fibre Channel Switches
• Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs)

The SAN Switch equipment we report separately includes:

• Modular configuration
• Fixed configuration

The reports include tables showing manufacturers' revenue, ports shipped, and average selling prices. We report revenue, ports shipped, and average selling prices by various speeds (e.g., 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps, 4 Gbps and ≥8 Gbps).

SAN 5-Year Forecasts

In January and July, Dell’Oro Group publishes SAN 5-year forecasts offering a complete overview of the Fibre Channel SAN market with historical data from 1998 to the present. The forecasts provide a comprehensive overview of market trends and include tables covering revenue, port shipment, and average selling price forecasts for various technologies:

• Fibre Channel Switches (modular and fixed reported separately)
• Fibre Channel HBAs (stand-alone and mezzanine reported separately)

SAN Market Research Services

The Dell’Oro Group SAN market research service is:

	Service Name	Technologies Covered
	SAN			Fibre Channel Switches (modular and fixed)
				Fibre Channel HBAs (stand-alone and mezzanine)

Subscription to the Dell'Oro Group SAN market research service also includes:

• Dell’Oro Analyst Advantage program – On-demand interaction with our senior analysts for in-depth information on virtually all aspects of the networking and telecommunications industries
• Dell’Oro BusinessIMPACT research – Rigorous research that gives you business insight and enables you to make fact-based, strategic decisions based on the best market information possible
• Web access and hard copy of four quarterly reports published in February, May, August, and November and two 5-year forecast reports published in January and July
• Participation in our client-only quarterly update conference calls