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IBM Storage Scale vs. IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)

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    IBM Storage Scale

    Score9.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    IBM Storage Scale (formerly IBM Spectrum Scale) supports storage management of unstructured data for big data analytics.N/A

    IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AIBM Storwize is a family of recognized all-flash and hybrid storage solutions designed to support the virtualization needs and application workloads of mid-sized enterprises.N/A
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    IBM Storage ScaleIBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)
    IBM Storwize is a part of a family that is complemented by the products listed. In many negotiations, involving storage is our workhorse to ensure several businesses thanks to its balanced cost and all the benefits that we offer.
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    Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)
    We are using IBM Storwize storage arrays underneath IBM Spectrum Scale, they are easy to interact together, and can scale to our requirement.

    Easy administration as the GUI are designed equally so it's easy to find administrative features and the easy single pane of glass GUI …
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    User Ratings
    IBM Storage ScaleIBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    9.9
    (20 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Storage ScaleIBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)
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    IBM
    When you get a Spectrum Scale solution from IBM you are certain of two things. 1) You will need a specialized storage admin who will be able to take all of its advantages and make available for your organization. It is an appliance that not so many storage admins would be comfortable working on. Invest properly on both hardware and human resources. 2) You will scale forever. We started with a couple of hundred of Terabytes and grew to dozens of Petabytes.
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    IBM
    This stuff runs! Hot, cold not wet, but you know where your data is. Reliably in the cabinet turning your data for the next customer request. You need dedupe, get the flash drive models. Long archives with spinning disks can help with all the data modeling the analysts do. Keep up with the dba’s constant need for speed with all-flash! You will get what you pay for.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Secure data storage platform.
    • Secure environment to handle big data through.
    • Creating reports from multiple platforms easily.
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    IBM
    • Data processing and IO. The Storwize devices are very resilient in how they process data and do not have a drop in IO when errors occur (common errors such as disk failures and lost paths).
    • Storage efficiency management. We are able to use multiple efficiency techniques such as thin provisioning and data reduction to reduce our budget footprint.
    • Easy to use interfaces. Creating a volume and mapping to a host has proven to be a very easy process and makes onboarding less stressful for our team.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Not suited for HPC.
    • Doesn't work well for retail.
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    IBM
    • As a business partner looking to provide services to keep the uptime of the Storwize, I would like to have the capability to pull reports from IBM Storage Insights to assist my clients in managing their system through it's lifecycle.
    • More knowledge out there for partners to best integrate IBM Storwize with IBM Power i. This seems to be lacking in communication from IBM.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    It was the solution that fit the requirements of our customers.
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    IBM
    We looked at a Netgear product - Ready Stor 5200, which is a great device and a bit cheaper than the IBM Storwize. However, considering it does not have built-in resilience, has limited capacity in terms of network interfaces and is twice the size (4U), I would choose the Storwize any time. The only advantage the Netgear device has is its lower price, however, performance, reliability, and scalability are limited.
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Allowed reuse of existing storage
    • Flexibility to provision storage quickly, allowing us to right size storage.
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    IBM
    • I would like to highlight the most positive aspect I have seen in the products of the IBM Storwize family, and it is the ROI that we can choose when we offer real-time compression with the IBM V7000 family. In truth, this feature is excellent, and we have seen how customers save storage resources, rack space, power and management.
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