IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)

IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)

IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)	Score 9.9 out of 10	N/A	IBM 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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	IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)
Considered Both Products	IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) MK Mushtaqu Khan Regional Business Manager Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) IBM Storewize is the best among other products available in the market. Many features such as scalability, data configuration, and data security show this system are best for our business. We can't compare it with others. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Technician Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) Simpler to use. Storwize is reliable and is using IBM technology and not some unknown application. Proven performance and easy to stack and configure. Sizing is simple and the options are more than I need for my business. Rack compatibility is something you may not realize … Incentivized Helpful? TC Tom Corrado Storage Specialist Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) Storwize does not have the performance of FlashSystem, but it’s low cost and high capacity options make it competitive as an option for point-in-time copies and backups. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Administrator Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) We prefer IBM over other solutions because IBM just seems to be more resilient, easy to use, and simple to deploy. Other products may have a steep learning curve, or may be start ups with not so much reliability. Incentivized Helpful? FG fredy garcia Presale 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. Incentivized Helpful? Kenneth Ditmar Hansen Senior Storage Specialist 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 … Incentivized Helpful? Peter Sachs Storage Infrastructure Engineer Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) More choice and better price. Incentivized Helpful? Rusty Beard Storage Architect Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) HPE and Hitachi. I recommend IBM Storwize to my customers because it's an industry-proven, flexible platform with award-winning ease-of-use and high performance. Incentivized Helpful? Bill Raines Technology Sales Specialist Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) With the latest announcements of v5K and v7K, IBM is on target with the competition out there on the market. The only [thing] missing is a great marketing campaign to sustain a 12-24 month period to whet the client's appetite. We as a partner are doing what we can to educate … Incentivized Helpful? Keith Thuerk Storage Engineer Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) IBM SVC (ran for several years) ESS E & F models (yeah those are old) Since Storwize is based upon SVC it was a no brainer and saved us $$$$. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Professional Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) We use both frequently. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) IBM Storwize is a solid product, and we will continue to use it. Incentivized Helpful? RE Roberto Etcheverry Solution Architect Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) We used the old DS4xxxx series of storages and have worked with most brands of storage and I will always pick Storwize over the rest. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User C-Level Executive Chose IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems) It is an alternate platform, so having multiple vendors reduces risk. Incentivized Helpful?
Top Pros	Pro Easy to use Pro Data processing Pro Use gui
Top Cons	Minus Data reduction Minus Major issue Minus Better and easier

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	IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)
Likelihood to Recommend	9.9 (20 ratings)

User Testimonials
	IBM Storwize (now part of FlashSystems)
Likelihood to Recommend	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	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. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	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. Incentivized Bill Raines Technology Sales Specialist Read full review
Alternatives Considered	IBM 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. Incentivized FG fredy garcia Presale Read full review
Return on Investment	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. Incentivized FG fredy garcia Presale Read full review
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