10%

store inactive data on storage area networks

2014 DATA STORAGE BENCHMARKS

53%

Replace storage systems within

five years

Top 3 ways to meet capacity needs

Budget implications of inactive data

Top reasons for storage system replacement

60% Need more capacity

Newtechnology

Highmaintenance

costs

Manufacturer end of life

49%

54% 38%

30%

delete old data

buy more disks

79%

replace systems40%

52%

Sources:

All statistics collected from a survey of 254IT professionals involved with storage strategy.

To read the full report, visit:http://www.twinstrata.com/storage-survey-2014

56% estimate more than half their data is inactive

22% estimate more than 3/4 is

spend MORE than

of IT budget on storage

Estimates of inactive data

of organizations storing inactive data solely on SANs and NAS

use the public cloud to store inactive data

62%

39%