(MENAFN - Comserve) Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Japan, Feb 19, 2021, 08:25 /Comserve / -- Key players in the AFA market include Dell (US), Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) (US), NetApp (US), Pure Storage (US), IBM (US), Huawei (China), Western Digital (US), Hitachi (Japan), Kaminario (US), and Micron (US). The AFA market was valued at USD 5.9 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach USD 17.8 billion by 2023, growing at a CAGR of 29.75% during the forecast period. The expected market growth can largely be attributed to increasing use in data centers and augmentation of operations in the healthcare industry, Further, factors such as flexibility, installation, maintenance, and size are also driving the AFA market. Moreover, increasing need for real-time data processing and increasing deployment of AFA storage in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications are expected to fuel the growth of the market in the coming years. Performance issues and drive failures are acting as major challenges for the growth of the all-flash array market.