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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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January 12, 2022

farther dependable

Anand Sharma | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 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.
Alexandru Costea | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Storage is used for its traditional purpose as storage. We use svc on top to extend virtualization. Storage is used across most of the landscape. Usage depends on [the] project and role requesting access to it as most of the roles have specific usage and loads that dictate the way we share the load on storage.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We utilized IBM Flash System 7200 in our project for important production conditions to meet the business goal. This software provides the best repository system and great performance for managing corporate workload. It reduced the amount of effort required to complete assignments and duplicate data. Its AI is the most important factor, as the decisions made are more accurate and effective at work.
Junaid Khalid | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
IBM FlashSystem 7200 is configured as tier 0 in our production environment and is providing for the high-performance requirements for the OLTP systems. All our boot volumes are also configured on this system for a robust system boot. This helps us to keep the latency under 1 millisecond for our most critical workloads.
Konstantinos Bardavouras | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Storwize V7000 Gen3 control enclosure along with IBM Spectrum Virtualize software which provides the following functions for the host systems that attach to the system: A single pool of storage Logical unit virtualization Management of logical volumes Mirroring of logical volumes With this solution we cover SAP-HANA storage needs for one large customer.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's pretty beneficial in terms of presenting help for a carrier that we using for 2 years. It decreased the attempt required to behavior obligations and duplicate data. Its AI is the maximum important because the choices made are simply genuine and extra green at work. It's one of the maximum superb IBM merchandise I've ever seen. That's very incredible.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
IBM's Flash system 5000 is beneficial in phrases of imparting assist for a carrier that we used for approximately seven months. It reduced the attempt required to behavior duties and replica data. The technology used in this system is the maximum important because the selections made are genuinely true and greater green at work. It's one of the maximum spectacular IBM merchandise I've ever seen. That's very incredible.
Suyog Marathe | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The webserver needs to be improved. Mobile app access for monitoring purposes. Mapping of volumes to host should be more transparent. Volumes clubbed together to form Volume groups at OS level, if this can be seen in [the] web browser interface would be a great feature. Enforce users to have secured second-factor authentication.
December 28, 2021

IBM flash system 5000

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
In our IBM cloud System, [the] P server's space is allocated from flash system 5000 with Tier 1 and Tier 3 options. Tier I [is] used for high read and write operations on disks, Cost is very high and Tier 3 used for application servers, read and write operations are less and cost also less.
Honore Haguma | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We haven't yet faced any issues with this IBM product I really like it with good graphic user interface and better monitoring IOPS, Mbps, nvm, mirroring option, cloning, easy tier,...... it is very speed once it came with SSD I would recommend to use this product as best storage ever.
Javier Gavilan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
As system integrators, deploying [IBM] FlashSystem 5000 series on our customers is a cost/benefits decision in [the] first place. This product range of the series has a very accessible entry point (5015) and can scale up to the NVMe technology (5200) with fantastic performances still in a no-cost solution. We think these series are, with no doubt, the best in [a] class of the current market offering. We implement most of these systems at the production sites replacing older arrays while some of them are deployed at Disaster Recovery locations. Indeed, we configure some of these systems as backend storage of backup specialized virtual appliances in order to make them more flexibles in scalability terms. Also, the arrival of isolated snapshots this last year has become the most valuable feature on the 5x00 series of the range.
December 23, 2021

good services

jalaja konreddygari | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 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.
December 22, 2021

good performance

k mounika | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's very valuable in terms of giving back for a benefit that we utilized for almost seven months. It brought down the exertion required to conduct errands and duplicate information. Its AI is the foremost vital, as the choices made are genuinely true and more effective at work. It's one of the foremost amazing IBM items I've ever seen. That's exceptionally mind-blowing.
December 22, 2021

The drive is now flashy

Nikhil Wadhwani | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
  • It is faster, smarter, hybrid-cloud enabled, and a more affordable storage solution.
  • Brilliant space sizes and cache amounts given in all versions.
  • Also provides us with a three-year warranty.
  • I have loved the product and I would recommend it to all the people in this domain to have a good look at this before exploring other options.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's quite handy for providing support for a service we used for around two years. It reduced the time and effort needed to complete tasks and copy data. Its AI is the most significant since the decisions it makes are true to life and more productive at work. It's one of IBM's most remarkable products that I've ever seen. That is just amazing.
December 17, 2021

IBM FlashSystem 5000

DHANYASHREE D M | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For a service that we've been using for about ten months, it's been quite helpful in terms of customer support. This reduces the amount of time it takes to finish tasks and copy data. His AI is the most important because his work judgments are more authentic and productive. Without a question, it's one of the most beautiful IBM products I've ever seen. It's hard to believe, but it's true.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It's quite useful for providing support for a service we utilized for over a year. It cut down on the time and effort required to finish tasks and copy data. Its AI is the most important since the decisions it makes are more realistic and productive in the workplace. It's one of the most impressive IBM products I've ever seen. That's incredible.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
IBM Flash System 5000 is used by a variety of project teams in my organization for medium and large applications that require high-performance storage for applications and data. This helped improve the overall speed and performance of critical applications and helped meet customer expectations for better business transactions. That's very incredible.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using IBM FlashSystem 5000 for mission-critical applications and databases. Usually, it provid[es] less then 1 ms latency even if there [are] cloning jobs working. Changing drives are pretty easy, you don't need any support you can do it yourself. Redundancy in every part is working very well.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is very convenient to recommend a service that you have been using for about 2 years. This reduces the overhead of performing tasks and copying data. AI is paramount because the decisions made are truly authentic and more efficient at work. This is one of the most impressive IBM products I have ever seen. It's very incredible.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
IBM FlashSystem 7200 has been implemented in our project [for] six months for critical production environments to achieve the business result. This product provides the best repository system and high performance to manage the business workload. This product is reliable and stable with the best system performance.
Onder Yardas | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
IBM FlashSystem 7200 is the best solution for SMB and even Large enterprises. The technology, the ease of maintenance[,] and the benefit/price is [some] of the best solutions. Even it is not a new technology, it will still be used for many years. I hope in the future roadmap, will support [hyper-converged] systems.
November 22, 2021

Speedy Gonzales!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
We're using IBM FlashSystem 7200 as a refreshment of old storage (vnx) which works under heavy utilized MS SQL Cluster. CPU utilization was too high on that old storage and maintenance was nearly ended. It also has capacity issues, utilized more than 90%. We used IBM FlashSystem 7200 for end-to-end NVMe connection and added capacity with its unique IBM FlashCore Modules. San infrastructure already has 32Gbps san switches and we changed the host bus adapters of ESXi hosts with 32G. And servers connected to the storage via 32G NVMe supported connection. For using the benefits of the NVMe protocol first we update the ESXi to v7.0 for NVMe support. After the migration with the Vmware Storage VMotion feature, latency dramatically reduced on the SQL server by 40% and backups completed 2.5x faster than the old storage. It also decreases the SQL servers CPU utilization because there is no more io wait with NVMe and All-Flash solution.
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