IBM Storage FlashSystem vs. QES (QNAP Enterprise Storage)

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.

Incentivized

• 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

Incentivized

• 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.

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

IBM Storage FlashSystem delivers so much at an affordable price. The use case is expandable and certainly improved our service delivery and general practice. As an organization we tend to be selective of where we store our data (on prem is usually our preference) but to be able to break that up in to a more granular strategy has helped our business agility.

Incentivized

IBM FlashCore Modules (FCM) have THE lowest latency on the market today. This means our workloads are serviced faster allowing more work to be completed hourly, daily and weekly, etc. This is across all workloads not just Database, but all block workloads!

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

• 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.

Incentivized