Elastifile vs. IBM Storage DS8000

Elastifile

IBM Storage DS8000

25 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Elastifile	N/A	N/A	Elastifile, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Santa Clara, provides software to help deploy private and hybrid cloud storage solutions; they define this is a software-defined bring-your-own-hardware storage, and emphasize the elasticity and scalability gained from their software-defined approach.	N/A
IBM Storage DS8000	Score8 out of 10	N/A	IBM Storage DS8000 (10th Generation) is an enterprise-class storage for IBM Z and IBM i architectures. It combines encryption with cyber threat detection and assisted recovery – delivering uninterrupted mission-critical data for the world’s most demanding enterprises.	N/A

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	Elastifile	IBM Storage DS8000
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User Ratings
	Elastifile	IBM Storage DS8000
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	8.8 (10 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Elastifile	IBM Storage DS8000
Likelihood to Recommend	Elastifile No answers on this topic	IBM Well suited for mainframe CKD based applications. There is unmatched synergy with IBM zSeries when compared to the competition, for example zHPF, SUPERPAV, zHyperLink, cache management and replication technologies. For distributed, the fact that Copy Services Manager comes with the box is a great move on IBMs part to provide replication capability no matter what the applicaiton. I think the DS8k is less suited for smaller distributed environments. I think product overlap with V9000 in this case Incentivized Verified User Read full review
Pros	Elastifile No answers on this topic	IBM Remote Copy -- The DS8k has decades of excellent code built to handle the most demanding environments for mainframe or open systems and can be combined with automation solutions like GDPS or Copy Services Manager Reliability and Availability -- This is the platform that gets used for the most demanding environments, even when FICON attachment isn't required Continued enhancement -- IBM continues to put resources into the DS8k and the platform has advanced with the technology from z and power Mainframe synergy -- Poughkeepsie communicates and works very closely with the DS8k developers Incentivized Ian Wright System Engineer Read full review
Cons	Elastifile No answers on this topic	IBM The DS8000 family still lacks deduplication and compression algorithms. For best results on replication enablement, optional Copy Services Manager is suggested. Incentivized Rusty Beard Storage Architect Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Elastifile No answers on this topic	IBM DS8882F provides CKD storage in a manageable footprint. Its advantage over FlashSystem is its interoperability with IBM Z Systems Incentivized Tom Corrado Storage Specialist Read full review
Return on Investment	Elastifile No answers on this topic	IBM I do not know the cost. If it prevents future system wide outages, it will be a great ROI for our company. Incentivized Timothy Choina Sr. Database Administrator Read full review
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