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IBM Storage FlashSystem

IBM Storage FlashSystem

Overview

What is IBM Storage FlashSystem?

IBM's FlashSystem is a flash array storage option.

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Popular Features

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  • Flash Array Performance (108)
    8.9
    89%
  • Simplicity (110)
    8.9
    89%
  • Flash Array Integration (109)
    8.3
    83%
  • Data Compression (107)
    8.3
    83%

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Features

Enterprise Flash Array Storage

All-flash array storage is a solid state, high performance storage option.

8.6
Avg 9.1
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Product Details

What is IBM Storage FlashSystem?

IBM FlashSystem is an all-flash storage portfolio that promises the following benefits and capabilities:

Engineered to meet modern high-performance application requirements

Ultra-low latency, cost-effectiveness, operational efficiency, and mission-critical reliability are built in to every all-flash storage solution and all-flash array


A comprehensive all-flash storage portfolio

IBM is able to deliver all-flash solutions tailored to the user's storage environments and workloads. IBM financing and payment options are available.


Technology supported by guarantees

IBM states they guaratee endurance, performance and compression are guaranteed, and they offer extended support and maintenance

IBM Storage FlashSystem Features

  • Supported: FlashCore Modules
  • Supported: FCM inline compression
  • Supported: high performance deduplication

IBM Storage FlashSystem Screenshots

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IBM Storage FlashSystem Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported LanguagesEnglish

Frequently Asked Questions

IBM's FlashSystem is a flash array storage option.

HPE Nimble Storage, Pure Storage FlashArray, and Dell PowerMax NVMe are common alternatives for IBM Storage FlashSystem.

Reviewers rate Flash Array Performance and Simplicity highest, with a score of 8.9.

The most common users of IBM Storage FlashSystem are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Balaji SG | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We had challenges in storing and managing massive amount of customer data. We needed ultra-low latency storage solution to keep up the customer experience. Also, we use it for our ML usecase to extract, process and train models real-time. This hybrid-flash solutions helped to simplified data delivery, facilitate real-time analytics generation with scalable virtualisation at affordable cost. We have been it for few years, and i’d say its highly dependable and secure. It has a great portfolio, that perfectly balances performance, capacity, cost and data service to fit business for any size.
Caden Yarbrough | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We were in need of a centralized storage repository that would be used across the IT department. IBM’s flashsystem showed to not only offer good speeds via our benchmarks, but the 5000 model proved to be affordable for a smaller business while also allowing us the option to scale for future growth.
Anirudh Srinivas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We currently use the Storage systems on our managed customer environment for high performance systems , that have demanding IOPS and on the virtual systems where we host backup infrastructure.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We have the issue of storing massive amount of data. The servers and other equipment that we have in our organisation demanded better capabilities to store all the data we have and generate. We ever waited different options and we found that IBM Storage FlashSystem was a valid tool that we could acquire.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use IBM Storage FlashSystem as our primary storage array for our virtualization environment. It provides storage for our main 5 host cluster via 16Gb fiber channel. The hosts support roughly 100 virtual machines. The business problems that the unit addresses are providing very fast VM storage with extremely low latency. The array contains 12 NVME storage modules in a ~RAID6 level setup, so that we can lose 2 drives without impacting uptime.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is mainly targeted to cater to the needs of high-end IOs from different applications across the organization. Mainly focused on delivering mission-critical servers with low latency disk access. This helps us to reduce a significant amount of time while running jobs on various applications across different domains. The storage has been deployed to use across different divisions in the company.
July 11, 2023

I blindly trust IBM

Tatiana Lazo Sarmiento | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I now use IBM Flashsystem, what we called IBM Storwize, these IBM products have helped me for more than 10 years to keep information safe, now with the new functionalities for the hybrid cloud I can make copies, migrations very easily.They have always been a family of very reliable products that allow us to optimize storage and optimize administration with their management software.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Currently I am using FS5000 for my company's AI solution and image storing. Production images from certain tools will be transferred and safe keep in this storage for future reference. It is also used by an AI solution to store, scan, process and return the result before the next production process can proceed.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
The IBM FlashSystem 7200 was employed in our project for six months in critical production situations to accomplish the desired business outcome. This software provides the best repository system and great performance to manage the corporate workload. This gadget offers good system performance and is dependable and stable.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
To achieve the business outcome, IBM FlashSystem 7200 was used in our project [for] six months in key production environments. To manage the corporate workload, this software offers the best repository system and high performance. This device is dependable and stable, and it provides excellent system performance.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For medium and large applications that require elite execution memory for their applications and information, a few venture groups in my firm employ the IBM Flash System 5000. It has aided us in matching client expectations for further enhanced business conveyance while also improving the overall speed and execution of major applications.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
A few venture groups in my firm use IBM Flash System 5000 for medium and enormous applications that request elite execution memory for their applications and information. It has supported the improvement of in general speed and execution of significant applications, as well as assisting us with meeting client assumptions for further developed business conveyance.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
To achieve the business result, IBM FlashSystem 7200 has been implemented in our project for [six months] for critical production environments. This product offers the best repository system as well as high performance for managing business workloads. This product is dependable and stable, and it provides the best system performance.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The IBM Flash System 7200 is used by our company to improve and optimize our business processes. It's a fantastic storage repository that all of our company's IT departments use. Its quick performance helped us compress data, and it's also useful for storage efficiency. VMware integration is also possible.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's pretty beneficial in phrases of supplying help for a provider that we used for it for approximately about 12 months. It diminished the attempt required to behavior duties and replica data. Its AI is the maximum important because the selections made are really actual and greater green at work. It's one of the maximum brilliant IBM merchandise I've ever seen. That's very incredible.
Charles Levy | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
I recently replaced a Gen1 V5000 with a FS5200 filled with 9.6TB Flashcore Modules(FCM). This is in an IBM iSeries environment. They are using the IBM FSFC Toolkit for backups. We went from 14u of rack space with 22TB useable to 1u of rack space with 77TB useable. The system cut 12 hours off their full system nightly backups. Performance improved from up to 6ms latency to 0ms. The FCM are also achieving 2.2/1 compression with zero performance penalty.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Several project teams in my firm use IBM Flash System 5000 for medium and large applications that demand high-performance memory for their applications and data. It has aided in the improvement of overall speed and performance of important applications, as well as helping us meet client expectations for improved business delivery.
January 24, 2022

Manages the Management

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I worked as a designer and also on animations. We used to face issues with data on day to day basis. How would I explain this product? Let's say the IBM FlashSystem 5000 is a family of all-flash and hybrid-flash solutions that simplify data delivery, enable real-time analytics, accelerate virtualization and cloud deployments, improve disaster recovery time and reduce IT infrastructure costs. The FlashSystem portfolio combines enterprise-class reliability with built-in data services to achieve the best balance of performance, capacity, cost efficiency, and data services for your most demanding workloads.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The IBM FlashSystem 5000 is a storage subsystem, so, its main purpose is to store data and keep it secure while it is accessed by end-users. Knowing that, it is important to note that IBM has made great efforts to show the ease of use for a piece of hardware that has such importance within an organization. If you need to provide space for new applications or projects, IBM FlashSystem 5000 is easy while providing good performance for daily operations. During benchmarks we have had made while migrating data to this subsystem, many customers had shown good impressions for the response times of their internal processes after they reside inside IBM FlashSystem 5000. Like I said, for the variety of options the IBM FlashSystem 5000 possesses, like Data Migration, Data Replication, or integration with other technologies (like VMware through VVOL/VASA), it is easy and fast to learn and manage by a Storage Admin. Also, because IBM FlashSystem 5000 is located and categorized as an Entry-Level, it is a good candidate for small-medium organizations that need a robust solution to protect their data against issues, like accidental deletion or cyberattacks.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
To automate and [optimize] our business processes, we employ the IBM Flash System 7200. It's a fantastic storage repository that all of our company's IT departments rely on. Its quick performance helped us compress data, and it's also useful for storage efficiency. VMware integration is also possible, which is perfect.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's fairly useful in terms of furnishing support for a service that we used for about seven months. It lowered the trouble demanded to conduct tasks and dupe data. Its AI is the most important, as the opinions made are truly authentic. and more effective at work. It's one of the most emotional IBM products I've ever seen. That's truly implausible.
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