IBM Storage FlashSystem

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IBM Storage FlashSystem
Score 9.0 out of 10
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IBM's FlashSystem is a flash array storage option.N/A
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IBM Storage FlashSystem
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1. Cost effective and flexibility in choosing among wide range of portfolios
2. Better virtualisation capabilities with hybrid model and on-prem setup
3. Cloud management tools and softwares to manage easily.
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Since the dell option is end of life, the change in support and resources available with IBM’s flashsystem has been massive. The newer tech also enables much faster speeds and the box itself is much smaller.
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The performance is higher compared to the competition and the integration with other IBM tools are much easier. We chose IBM over the performance achieved compared to the competition, the POC showed the features and benefits over the other.
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At the end money for values was the main driver for us to select IBM Storage Flash System for that use case.
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We replaced a hybrid EMC VNX with the IBM Storage FlashSystem and could not be happier. Compared to the proposed Dell and EMC replacement storage solutions the IBM Storage FlashSystem was smaller, more performant, and much less expensive. I especially appreciated how up front …
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the ease of administration with IBM Spectrum visrtualize, the functionalities that allow us to virtualize other storages, hardware compression, replication and security functions
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3Par management is not intuitive and much complicated
Data reduction is not up to par
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For the past six months, we have been utilizing this technology in our projects to manage a massive workload and produce swift business outcomes on a crucial production database. The IBM FlashSystem 7200, which offers high performance and compression, has so far been a great …
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We've been using this solution in our projects for the last six months to manage a huge workload and generate quick business results on a key production database. As of now, we've had a terrific experience with the IBM FlashSystem 7200, which provides good performance as well …
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It demands quick memory to process and execute a large number of transactions in a short period of time while maintaining excellent end-client help accessibility. The IBM Flash System 5000 provides solidity, outstanding execution, and adaptability all under one roof.
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It requires fast memory to process and execute an enormous number of exchanges in a short measure of time while keeping up with high help accessibility for end-clients. Under one rooftop, IBM Flash System 5000 gives solidness, superior execution, and adaptability.
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This has benefited our organization because we can backup some of our data in a hybrid cloud and save labor costs by manually processing data and hiring additional personnel to maintain hardware.
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It helps to avoid mistakes where if the mistake is made in the direction of any pastime, the person is unable to complete the assignment in time, and it also has a much less impact on the business by having perfection in the direction of the person. It is always prepared with …
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Keeping far from unnecessary matters and actions to maintain it as a greater steady one and furthermore, it is able to be retrieved once more in a shorter time. It permits to avoid errors in which there may be a blunder with inside the course of any hobby the man or woman …
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The FlashSystem is a natural evolution to these older systems. The IBM NVMe Flashcore Modules are a game changer improvement.
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This has also resulted in improved data retrieval for our company. The hybrid cloud capabilities have aided in the speedier movement of data, which is beneficial in an emergency.
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We were in the experimenting stage so we chose IBM 5000 over Azure.
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In comparison to the IBM 5000 Flash System, the IBM 7200 has a far higher capacity and faster processing speed. The IBM Flash System 5000 was ordinary or below average in terms of low latency and compression, but the IBM 7200, on the other hand, excels in these two areas, as …
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It's farther dependable, its perfection is exceptional, and its performance is world-class. It will be the most competitive of all the virtual power systems, and its connectivity appears to be respectable. It's also accessible at a low cost, still having this multitudinous …
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it may be reacquired again in a shorter time. It enables to keep down from misapprehensions wherein there's a blunder in the direction of any pastime the person can't pass in advance and whole the assignment and it also has [a] much lower effect on the marketable enterprise …
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We have a multi-tier storage environment and FS5000 is the one responsible for the biggest storage space but the least used at it stores just backups. One step above we have the FS5100 One step above that we have the FS7200 As far as integration in the infrastructure the way …
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The IBM Flash System 7200 provided the best performance while also providing more functionality. The IBM Flash System also offers an on-premises to hybrid cloud capability. It does not have complicated functionalities and it is very fast and stores data in a safe manner.
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Features
IBM Storage FlashSystem
Enterprise Flash Array Storage
Comparison of Enterprise Flash Array Storage features of Product A and Product B
IBM Storage FlashSystem
8.6
111 Ratings
6% below category average
Flash Array Performance8.9108 Ratings
Flash Array Integration8.3109 Ratings
Data Compression8.3107 Ratings
Non-Intrusive Upgrades8.3103 Ratings
Simplicity8.9110 Ratings
Power Savings8.8106 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM Storage FlashSystem
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(122 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.3
(5 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(11 ratings)
Performance
8.8
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
IBM Storage FlashSystem
Likelihood to Recommend
IBM
For environments where high IO and read writes are performed the flash storage is very well suited . We also use this for another customer as a back end storage for high performance backups where we run multi stream data writes to it via 100G interface.
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Pros
IBM
  • Cyber resilience with the new functionality of immutable copies called sfaguarded copies
  • With the IBM FlashCore modules it allows us to have good levels of online compression of the information, besides that it is a hardware compression that would not affect the performance of the equipment
  • the virtualization of other storages that can be IBM or other brands
  • binary replication works great
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Cons
IBM
  • Drive firmware updates are a bit clunky, the update files have to be sourced manually
  • IBM has separate storage monitoring you need to set up to get good historical statistics.
  • If you need 8 16Gb ports you will not be able to expand with a SAS connector.
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Likelihood to Renew
IBM
As flash technology evolves rapidly, vendors should [adapt] to the changes and onboard them in their products. IBM is a bit slow in adopting advanced technology in [its] portfolio. Even though the current product is good, my decision is purely based on how the transformation of the product [is] being produced and supplied to [the] end-user.
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Usability
IBM
The low latency for best performance and improve productivity. This is very much suitable for all the usecases where data intensive processing need to be performed. The administration is very easy and logical. It helps to run the infrastructure at optimial cost and optimal performance. It offers great deal of virtualisation featurs and they are indeed very much powerful.
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Performance
IBM
Even though the model is suited towards smaller or medium sized businesses, the speeds and performances seen via our benchmarks exceeded any requirements we initially had. The setup was quite simple and the additional features such as allowing for better hyrbid storage and containerization has improved the backend performance of our company immensely.
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Support Rating
IBM
IBM support ecosystem is robust and well organized, due to the advent of Watson based case management system IBM offers a decent support system for the customers and the users of its products.
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Implementation Rating
IBM
I was amazed by the way IBM Flash storage provides a huge amount of storage within the limited footprint, it helped us to replace big fat storage arrays, which aided in the process of moving towards lower hardware, carbon, and energy consumption footprint. We can comfortably say that Flash helped us to host applications fast with a blazing speed and user transactions are quite quick.
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Alternatives Considered
IBM
For the past six months, we have been utilizing this technology in our projects to manage a massive workload and produce swift business outcomes on a crucial production database. The IBM FlashSystem 7200, which offers high performance and compression, has so far been a great experience for us. The results and functionality of this product have delighted our consumers.
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Return on Investment
IBM
  • Flash System 5000 Built on a software foundation that delivers a 359% ROI.
  • IBM Flash System 5000 Gain the highest levels of availability to support mission-critical applications.
  • IBM Flash System 5000 benefits from [the] integration of modern data protection and rich cyber resiliency features.
  • IBM Flash System 5000 Enhance storage efficiency.
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