Micro Servers Market (2013 - 2018), By Processor Type (Intel, Arm, Amd), Component (Hardware, Software, Operating System), Application (Media Storage, Data Centers, Analytics, Cloud Computing) & Geography (North America, Europe, Apac, Row)

Micro servers are an emerging form factor of servers designed to process low intensive workloads like lightweight web serving; simple content delivery nodes and low end dedicated hosting. They are basically low power servers consisting of several nodes that share a common architecture. Increasing demand for servers in data center due to the explosive growth of data usage among customers and the power usage of the traditional servers even when they are in idle mode makes them ineffective cost-wise. However the stringent requirement of maintaining 99.99% uptime of the websites or data availability makes these costs necessary. Micro servers were developed as a cost effective solution to this dilemma faced by servers industry. Micro servers have an extraordinary dense and power saving design in which fans and power supply are shared by tens or potentially, hundreds of server nodes. This efficiency leads to the elimination of space and power consumption of redundant components. The micro servers presently costs up to 63 percent less than the conventional servers.

Media storage application covers the largest share of the market presently as compared to other applications. However it is forecasted that data centers application will surpass it by 2018. The reason behind this is the growing online business and increasing requirement of security, storage, resilience in corporate. Analytics and cloud computing are the other promising applications of micro servers. Cloud computing application will grow at a phenomenal CAGR of 62.3% from 2013 to 2018.

North America has the largest market for micro servers presently. Media storage and data centers application are growing an extraordinary rate in these regions. As these applications hold the largest share among other applications, their growth will supplement the growth of micro servers. The prime reason behind this is the emergence of China and Japan. As cloud computing is getting popular in this region, new players have been entering into the internet datacenter services market. These new players have brought more Internet datacenter resources to meet the end users' fast-growing requirements. Thus as the internet datacenters market is growing, there is a huge need of setting up infrastructure to meet this demand. It is predicted that green field projects will be set up in these regions to compensate for this growth and this would give great opportunity for the industry to install their solutions in these regions.

The report covers recent developments in the industry like AMD (U.S.) acquiring SeaMicro (U.S.) in march 2012 and partnership between Calxeda (U.S.) and Penguin computing (U.S.) in October 2012 to develop low power ARM micro servers. Several other acquisitions, mergers, new product launch, agreements etc. have taken place recently and are discussed in the report. The major players in the industry are Intel Corporation (U.S.), Hewlett-Packard (U.S.), Dell Inc (U.S.), Fujitsu (Japan), Samsung Electronics (South Korea) and others.

This report deals with all the driving factors, restraints, and opportunities with respect to the market, which are helpful in identifying trends and key success factors for the industry. It also profiles companies active in the industry. The report provides the competitive landscape of the players, which covers key growth strategies followed by all the major players. It also highlights the winning imperatives and burning issues pertaining to the PIC industry. It does analyze the market with the help of Porter’s five-force model.

Scope of the report

This research report categorizes the market, based on components, processor type and applications; it also covers the forecasted revenue of the market from 2013 to 2018. It describes the deployments of micro servers in various regions. The report describes the applications mapping of the market with respect to the growth potential and adoption by the users.

On the basis of Components

The market is covered based on components used to develop micro servers. The components include hardware, software and operating system, hardware market is further segmented into processors, memory, storage and other devices.

On the basis of Processor Type

The market on the basis of processor type consists of Intel, Xeon and AMD based micro servers. The report covers the market of micro servers based on these processor types across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and ROW

On the basis of application areas

Application areas have been categorized into media storage, data centers, analytics, cloud computing and others. The market trend for these applications is discussed

On the basis of geography

Geographical analysis covers North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and ROW.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION
  1.1 KEY TAKE-AWAYS
  1.2 REPORT DESCRIPTION
  1.3 MARKETS COVERED
  1.4 STAKEHOLDERS
  1.5 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
      1.5.1 MARKET SIZE
      1.5.2 KEY DATA POINTS FROM SECONDARY SOURCES
      1.5.3 KEY DATA POINTS FROM PRIMARY SOURCES
      1.5.4 ASSUMPTIONS MADE FOR MICRO SERVER MARKET REPORT
      1.5.5 LIST OF COMPANIES COVERED DURING THE REPORT
 
2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 
3 MARKET OVERVIEW
  3.1 MARKET DEFINITION
  3.2 EVOLUTION AND HISTORY OF MICRO SERVERS (MS)
  3.3 MARKET DYNAMICS
      3.3.1 DRIVERS
            3.3.1.1 POWER EFFICIENCY (LOW POWER SERVER)
            3.3.1.2 HIGH DENSITY
            3.3.1.3 LOW COST
      3.3.2 RESTRAINTS
            3.3.2.1 LACK OF COMMON STANDARDS
            3.3.2.2 LACK OF AWARENESS
      3.3.3 OPPORTUNITIES
            3.3.3.1 LAUNCH OF  64 BIT ARM PROCESSOR
            3.3.3.2 EMERGENCE OF DATA CENTERS 
  3.4 BURNING ISSUE
      3.4.1 LIMITED USE IN LARGE ENTERPRISES
  3.5 WINNING IMPERATIVES
      3.5.1 ECONOMICAL REPLACEMENT
  3.6 VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS
  3.7 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES MODEL
      3.7.1 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS
      3.7.2 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES
      3.7.3 BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS
      3.7.4 BARGAINING POWER OF CUSTOMERS
      3.7.5 DEGREE OF COMPETITION
 
4 MICRO SERVER MARKET ANALYSIS BY PROCESSOR
  4.1 INTRODUCTION
  4.2 INTEL PROCESSOR -BASED MICRO SERVERS
      4.2.1 ATOM-BASED MS
            4.2.1.1 LOW-POWERED MICRO SERVERS GREENING DATA CENTERS
      4.2.2 XEON-BASED MICRO SERVERS
            4.2.2.1 BIG DATA ANALYTICS AND CLOUD COMPUTING (CLOUD STORAGE) PICKING UP THE MARKET
  4.3 ARM PROCESSOR-BASED MICRO SERVERS
      4.3.1 NEW RANGE OF ARM PROCESSORS
  4.4 AMD PROCESSOR BASED MS
      4.4.1 DISRUPTIVE SERVER STRATEGY
 
5 MICROSERVER MARKET ANALYSIS BY COMPONENT
  5.1 INTRODUCTION
  5.2 HARDWARE
      5.2.1 PROCESSOR
      5.2.2 MEMORY
      5.2.3 STORAGE
      5.2.4 OTHERS
  5.3 SOFTWARE
  5.4 OPERATING SYSTEM
 
6 MICROSERVER MARKET ANALYSIS BY APPLICATION
  6.1 INTRODUCTION
  6.2 MEDIA STORAGE
      6.2.1 DRIVERS FOR GROWTH OF MEDIA STORAGE APPLICATION
  6.3 DATA CENTERS
      6.3.1 HIGH INVESTMENT IN DATA CENTER STORAGE SERVER MARKET
  6.4 CLOUD COMPUTING
      6.4.1 CLOUD COMPUTING GAINING MOMENTUM
  6.5 ANALYTICS
      6.5.1 TRENDS IN REAL-TIME ANALYTICS
  6.6 OTHERS
 
7 MICRO SERVERS MARKET ANALYSIS BY GEOGRAPHY
  7.1 INTRODUCTION
  7.2 NORTH AMERICA
  7.3 EUROPE
  7.4 ASIA-PACIFIC (APAC)
  7.5 REST OF THE WORLD (ROW)
 
8 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
  8.1 MARKET ANALYSIS & RANKINGS
  8.2 KEY GROWTH STRATEGIES
      8.2.1 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
      8.2.2 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCH
      8.2.3 COLLABORATION & PARTNERSHIP
      8.2.4 OTHERS

9 COMPANY PROFILES COMPANY PROFILES COMPANY PROFILES
  9.1 ACER INC
  9.2 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC
  9.3 APPLIED MICRO CIRCUITS CORPORATION
  9.4 ARM LTD
  9.5 CALXEDA
  9.6 CAVIUM, INC.
  9.7 DELL INC
  9.8 FUJITSU LIMITED
  9.9 HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
  9.10 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.
  9.11 INGRAM MICRO
  9.12 INTEL CORPORATION
  9.13 MARVELL
  9.14 MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
  9.15 NVIDIA CORPORATION
  9.16 ORACLE
  9.17 PENGUIN COMPUTING
  9.18 SANDISK CORPORATION
  9.19 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO. LTD
  9.20 SUPER MICRO COMPUTER. INC
  9.21 TILERA CORPORATION
 
 
LIST OF TABLES
 
TABLE 1 LIST OF ACRONYMS
TABLE 2 STAKEHOLDERS
TABLE 3 GENERAL ASSUMPTIONS
TABLE 4 MARKET ASSUMTIONS
TABLE 5 COMPANIES COVERED DURING THE RESEARCH
TABLE 6 MARKET PENETRATION 2012 – 2018 ($BILLION)
TABLE 7 MICRO SERVERS MARKET REVENUES, BY GEOGRAPHY  2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 8 SERVERS MARKET TREND ANALYSIS
TABLE 9 GLOBAL MICRO SERVERS MARKET REVENUE, BASED ON PROCESSOR TYPE, 2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 10 INTELS LEADERSHIP ROADMAP
TABLE 11 INTEL PRICE ANALYSIS
TABLE 12 LOW POWER PROCESSOR EVOLUTION
TABLE 13 MARKET OPPORTUNITY
TABLE 14 INTEL BASED MICRO SERVERS (MS) MARKET REVENUE, BY TYPES 2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 15 INTEL PROCESSOR BASED MS MARKET REVENUE,  BY APPLICATION, 2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 16 INTEL PROCESSOR BASED MS MARKET REVENUE,  BY GEOGRAPHY 2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 17 ATOM BASED MS MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY  2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 18 XEON BASED MS MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY  2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 19 ARM PROCESSOR BASED MS MARKET,  BY APPLICATION, 2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 20 ARM-BASED MS MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 21 AMD PROCESSOR-BASED MS MARKET REVENUE,  BY APPLICATIONS, 2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 22 AMD-BASED MS MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 23 MS MARKET REVENUES, BY COMPONENT,  2013-2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 24 HARDWARE MARKET FOR MS, BY DEVICE
TABLE 25 HARDWARE MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY  2013-2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 26 THREE BASIC CHARACTERISTICS THAT DIFFERENTIATE MICROPROCESSORS
TABLE 27 PROCESSORS MARKET BY GEOGRAPHY,  2013-2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 28 TYPES OF MEMORY
TABLE 29 MEMORY MARKET BY GEOGRAPHY, 2013-2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 30 TYPES OF MASS STORAGE
TABLE 31 STORAGE MARKET BY GEOGRAPHY, 2013-2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 32 OTHERS MARKET BY GEOGRAPHY ,2013-2108 ($ MILLION)
TABLE 33 MS SOFTWARE MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY  2013-2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 34 CLASSIFICATION OF OPERATING SYSTEMS
TABLE 35 MS OPERATING SYSTEM MARKET, BY GEOGRAPHY  2013-2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 36 MS MARKET REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS  2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 37 GROWTH TRENDS FOR MEDIA STORAGE MARKET
TABLE 38 MEDIA STORAGE MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,  2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 39 MEDIA STORAGE MARKET REVENUE, BY PROCESSOR TYPES,  2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 40 ESTIMATED WEB 2.0 DATA CENTER SPENDING,  2011 - 2016 ($MILLION)
TABLE 41 INTERNET DATA CENTERS MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY  2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 42 INTERNET DATA CENTERS MARKET REVENUE, BY, PROCESSOR TYPES, 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 43 CLOUD COMPUTING MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY  2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 44 GLOBAL COMPUTING MARKET REVENUE, BY PROCESSOR TYPES  2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 45 TECHNOLOGIES THAT SUPPORT REAL-TIME ANALYTICS
TABLE 46 ANALYTICS MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY  2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 47 GLOBAL ANALYTICS MARKET REVENUE, BY PROCESSOR TYPES  2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 48 OTHERS: APPLICATIONS MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY  2012 - 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 49 OTHERS MARKET REVENUE, BY PROCESSOR TYPES  2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 50 NORTH AMERICA: MS MARKET REVENUE,BY PROCESSOR 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 51 NORTH AMERICA: INTEL PROCESSOR BASED MS,  BY TYPE 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 52 NORTH AMERICA: MS MARKET REVENUE,  BY COMPONENTS 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 53 NORTH AMERICA: HARDWARE DEVICE MARKET 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 54 NORTH AMERICA: MS MARKET REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 55 EUROPE: MS MARKET REVENUE,BY PROCESSORS  2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 56 EUROPE: INTEL PROCESSOR BASED MS,  BY TYPE 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 57 EUROPE: MS MARKET REVENUE, BY COMPONENTS 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 58 EUROPE: HARDWARE DEVICE MARKET 2012 – 2018 ($ MILLION)
TABLE 59 EUROPE: MS MARKET REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 60 APAC: MS MARKET REVENUE,BY PROCESSORS  2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 61 APAC: INTEL PROCESSOR BASED MS,  BY TYPE 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 62 APAC: MS MARKET REVENUE, BY COMPONENTS 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 63 APAC: HARDWARE DEVICE MARKET 2012 – 2018 ($ MILLION)
TABLE 64 APAC: MS MARKET REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 65 ROW:  MS MARKET REVENUE,BY PROCESSOR TYPES 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 66 ROW:  INTEL PROCESSOR BASED MICRO SERVERS,  BY TYPE 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 67 ROW:  MS MARKET REVENUE, BY COMPONENTS 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 68 ROW:  HARDWARE DEVICE MARKET 2012 – 2018 ($ MILLION)
TABLE 69 ROW: MS MARKET REVENUE, BY APPLICATIONS 2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)
TABLE 70 ACER INC: TOTAL REVENUE & NET INCOME, 2010 – 2011 ($ MILLION)
TABLE 71 ACER INC: MARKET REVENUE, BY SEGMENTS, 2010 – 2011 ($ MILLION)
TABLE 72 ACER INC: MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 73 ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC: MARKET REVENUE, 2011 - 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 74 MARKET REVENUES, 2011 - 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 75 ARM LTD: MARKET REVENUES, 2010 - 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 76 ARM LTD: MARKET REVENUE, BY BUSINESS DIVISION,  2010 – 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 77 ARM LTD: MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2010 - 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 78 CAVIUM INC: TOTAL REVENUE AND NET INCOME, 2010 – 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 79 CAVIUM INC: MARKET REVENUE, BY SEGMENTS, 2010 – 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 80 CAVIUM INC: MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 81 DELL INC: TOTAL REVENUE AND NET INCOME, 2011 – 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 82 FUJITSU LIMITED.: TOTAL REVENUE AND NET INCOME, 2011 – 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 83 HP: TOTAL REVENUE AND NET INCOME, 2011 – 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 84 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD: TOTAL REVENUE AND NET INCOME 2010 – 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 85 INGRAM MICRO: OVERALL REVENUE 2011-2008($ MILLION)
TABLE 86 INTEL CORPORATION: TOTAL REVENUE AND NET INCOME, 2010 – 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 87 MARVELL: MARKET REVENUES, 2011 - 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 88 MARVELL: MARKET REVENUE, BY BUSINESS SEGMENT,  2011 - 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 89 MARVELL: MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,  2011 – 2012 ($ MILLION)
TABLE 90 MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION: MARKET REVENUE, 2010 - 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 91 MITAC INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION: MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2010 - 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 92 NVIDIA CORPORATION: MARKET REVENUES, 2011 - 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 93 NVIDIA CORPORATION: MARKET REVENUE, BY PRODUCT SEGMENT, 2011 - 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 94 NVIDIA CORPORATION: MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY,  2011 - 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 95 ORACLE: TOTAL REVENUE AND NET INCOME, 2011 – 2012 ($ MILLION)
TABLE 96 SANDISK CORPORATION: TOTAL REVENUE AND NET INCOME, 2010 – 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 97 SANDISK CORPORATION: MARKET REVENUE, BY SEGMENTS, 2010 – 2011 ($MILLION)
TABLE 98 SANDISK CORPORATION: MARKET REVENUE, BY GEOGRAPHY, 2011 – 2012 ($MILLION)
TABLE 99 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS: TOTAL REVENUE AND NET INCOME, 2010 – 2011 ($BILLION)
TABLE 100 SUPERMICRO: OVERALL REVENUE, 2010-2012($ MILLION)

LIST OF FIGURES 
  
FIGURE 1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY TO DERIVE THE MARKET SIZE
FIGURE 2 MARKET SEGMENTATION 
FIGURE 3 EVOLUTION OF MICRO SERVERS
FIGURE 4 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS 
FIGURE 5 HIGH DENSITY: DRIVER FOR MICRO SERVERS
FIGURE 6 IMPACT ANALYSIS OF RESTRAINTS 
FIGURE 7 VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS
FIGURE 8 PORTERS FIVE FORCES MODEL
FIGURE 9 MARKET PENETRATION 
FIGURE 10 MEDIA SERVER
FIGURE 11 GLOBAL SERVERS MARKET SHARE ANALYSIS
FIGURE 12 HOW CLOUD COMPUTING WORKS
FIGURE 13 PERCENTAGE SPLIT BY GEOGRAPHY
FIGURE 14 NVIDIA CORPORATION: OPERATING SEGMENTS

Micro servers also known as low powered servers or energy efficient servers or high dense servers are servers with large number of nodes, containing low powered processors and shared infrastructure. The micro server architecture provides improvement in power efficiency and system cooling compared to traditional servers by sharing common components such as fans and the power supply. Micro servers thus use less power, need less cooling and require less space than conventional servers. They are mainly used for low intensive tasks like web hosting, video steaming, downloads, web 2.0 activities like social networking, web serving or possibly handling corporate logins. Market presently has penetrated nearly 2.3% of the servers market in 2012. However it is forecasted that by 2018 nearly 28% of the servers market. The market is expected take a magnanimous leap from 2014 when 64 bit ARM processor having high processing speed will be launched. Market is segmented according to raw material, processor type, applications and geography.

Market is segmented based on the processor type into Intel, ARM & AMD. Intel processor based micro servers are further segmented into Atom and Xeon based micro servers. Report also forecasts the micro servers market by component which includes hardware, software and operation systems. Application areas of micro servers are categorized into Media Storage, Internet Data Canters, Analytics, Cloud Computing and other applications. This report describes the market dynamics of market, which includes drivers, restraints, and opportunities along with their impact analysis matrix. Impact analysis matrix depicts the impact of particular driver or restraint on the market at present and future impact on the market. This report also highlights on the huge opportunities for market.

GLOBAL MICRO SERVERS MARKET
2012 – 2018 ($MILLION)

Source: MarketsandMarkets Analysis