India External HDD Market in 3Q 2018 from the CMR Report

India External HDD Market in 3Q 2018

According to CMR’s India Hard Drive Market Review for 3Q Year 2018, the India external hard disk drive (HDD) market has a 25% growth compare to the value of 2Q Year 2018. And all of these results are based on the terms of unit shipments.

Here are the market main brands of external & internal HDD in India:

• Seagate and WD external HDDs take up 81% of the market.
• The total internal and external solid state drive (SSD) has witnessed 20% sequential growth in terms of unit shipments.
• The QNAP systems mastered the Network Attached Storage (NAS) market.

Shipra Sinha, Lead Analyst, CyberMedia Research said like this: “2.5” External HDD continued its dominance contributing huge 99% market share due to its design, portability with large storage capacity features. External HDD sales is majorly driven through online platforms hence attractive deals offered during festive season accelerated the market growth in terms of unit shipments. Price reduction in the SSD segment due to 3D NAND application has uplifted its sales also contributing to the market growth.”

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External HDD

As to 2.5” form factor external HDD, it has a 28% sequential growth in terms of unit shipments. While, the 3.5” form factor external HDD just occupied 1% of the external HDD market.

How about the capacity of the external HDD? 1TB capacity devices are remained the most popular in the India market. That is to say most users prefer to choose 1TB external HDD. In detail, it takes up 52% market in India. And then, it is 2TB drives which contribute 34% market share. As to the terms of unit shipments, it has a 44% sequential growth.

QNAP system has a 39% market share which is the top contributor under NAS category. The following is Netgear which contributes 21% market share and has a 34% sequential growth in terms of unit shipments.

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SSD

The internal SSD has a huge occupy in India market and it number can reach up to 95% share in terms of unit shipments. However, the external SSD only has a 5% share of the overall SSD market.

In addition, SATA is also the most welcomed interface in India market. It captures an 80% share of the internal SSD due to the effectiveness.

As to PCIE/NVMe interface, they also get a huge 219% sequential growth in 3Q Year 2018. Additionally, they now have a good price advantage as the price gets closer to the SATA interface due to 3D NAND technology. By the way, this 3D NAND technology is very popular among the users who are looking for the enhanced performance with a reasonable price.

When referring to the terms of capacity, 240-480GB drives gain many users’ attention and they capture a 49% market share. And the next one is 120-180GB drives with 40% market share in terms of unit shipments in India internal SSD market.

Future Trends

India personal computer market will drive the external HDD growth in the future as more and more users will choose external drive to save their important data. On the other hand, the use 3D NAND technology on SSD will make SSD take up more and more market sooner or later.

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