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What is IBM Storage FlashSystem?
IBM's FlashSystem is a flash array storage option.
The perfect entry level hybrid storage: IBM FlashSystem
Easy , Fast , high performance storage for high demand IO applications
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Easy to handle, scalable and performance driven platform for various use cases.
IBM Storage FlashSystem is a soldi product at a great pricepoint for SMB high end storage needs.
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Pretty small and powerful storage unit - But take care of your wallet!
IBM Storage FlashSystem use it to believe it.
FlashSystem 7200 review
high-performance system over fibre channel.
Best for midsize workloads
Over fibre channel, high-performance system
The services provided by IBM FlashSystem 5000 were outstanding.
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Enterprise Flash Array Storage
All-flash array storage is a solid state, high performance storage option.
- 8.8Flash Array Performance(108) Ratings
Solid state flash arrays offer high speed compared to hard-disk drives
- 8.4Flash Array Integration(109) Ratings
Integration with hypervisors and applications
- 8.4Data Compression(107) Ratings
Flash Arrays include compression and deduplication features to reduce storage requirements
- 8.4Non-Intrusive Upgrades(103) Ratings
Software upgrades are often seamless with no performance tuning required
- 8.9Simplicity(110) Ratings
Flash arrays should be simple to use and require little training
- 8.7Power Savings(106) Ratings
Flash arrays use significantly less power than hard-disk drives
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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
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IBM Storage FlashSystem Technical Details
Deployment Types | On-premise |
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Operating Systems | Windows, Linux |
Mobile Application | No |
Supported Languages | English |
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(1-25 of 121)Real ultra-low latency storage for everyone
- Ultra low latency for best performance and improve productivity
- Wide portfolio options for different customer sizes
- Advanced virtualisation for good scalability
- Safeguarded snapshot creation
- User interface could be improved
- Upgrade and patch could be smoother
- Limitation in storage expansion functionality
The perfect entry level hybrid storage: IBM FlashSystem
- Centralized storage
- Cloud capabilities
- Efficient
- increased bandwidth
- improved manual with more details on cloud capabilities
- size reduction
Easy , Fast , high performance storage for high demand IO applications
- The read and write times on these devices are extremely fast and responsive
- The IOPS are achieved easily for the applications that have high requirement
- The expansion and scaling down of pools are quite easy as well
- The flexiblity of upgrading the flash modules for a higher capcity needs to be allowed
- The user interface for the management console is sometimes a bit confusing
- the configuration of call home can only be done to a specific IP address but not a dns name
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- Easy access
- Easy to use hardware
- low maintenance
- option to put the device in a separate rack
- some buttons could be better situated
- access directory
- Performance
- Ease of use.
- Scalability
- Nothing i could think of so far.
IBM Storage FlashSystem is a soldi product at a great pricepoint for SMB high end storage needs.
- Low latency
- Storage DRS is supported
- Ease of expansion
- 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.
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- Performance is the crucial element to be highlighted, as it delivers the best in class industry performance.
- Guaranteed compression ratio, one of the leading in [the] industry we got a 2:1 guaranteed and it achieved as per the commitment.
- Reliability is one of the main elements which works really well, even being a storewide family product it delivers [the] best reliability features.
- [The] footprint is key, as it helped us to reduce our organization's 2 racks storage capacity into a 2U rack space.
- Better GUI interface
- Currently, [the] performance of FS7200 can't be monitored through TPC/SC, this should be considered to include in [the] future.
- IBM primarily lacks in designing its products physical looks, should have designed more intrusive and attractive design. A first impression of the product creates [an] impressive opinion.
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- 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
- I don't really like how the compression software works, especially when we configure the pools with data reduction, you need to have enough free space available to handle the delete operations, if you don't have that free space in the pool, the storage performance decreases in a very notorious way that directly affects the performance of access to information from the servers
- Expandable
- Fast.
- Small.
- Integration.
- Code.
- Cost.
IBM Storage FlashSystem use it to believe it.
- Fast
- Easy to manage
- Easy to deploy & configure
- cheaper cost
FlashSystem 7200 review
- Scheduled snapshot
- Ease of use GUI
- Safeguarded snapshot creation
- Safeguarded snapshot that is really safe, and can't be deleted even by the user (need to log case to delete it)
- More detailed performance monitoring in the GUI (per volume, per host)
- Volume protection setting can't be changed by user (need to log case to change it)
Less appropriate for archiving purpose, lower priority system usage
high-performance system over fibre channel.
- Getting over a tragedy.
- Data replication and migration.
- The IBM FlashSystem 7200 is capable of supporting iSCSI Extensions for RDMA.
- Training for initial implementation and configuration is somewhat expensive.
Best for midsize workloads
- DRP Compression and deduplication
- Replication across sites
- Flashcopies
- Great performance
- Insights should provide better reporting in terms of performance
- Unable to see volume occupation from storage perspective
Over fibre channel, high-performance system
- Recovering from a disaster
- Replication and migration of data
- iSCSI Extensions for RDMA are supported by the IBM FlashSystem 7200.
- Initial deployment and configuration training is a little pricey.
- Every critical application maintains a high level of performance.
- The transfer of assets is fantastic.
- The group will necessitate a significant amount of planning and comprehension.
- The FS5200 has no shortcomings when compared to prior FlashSystems or Storwize systems.
IBM FlashSystem 5000--the services have been excellent
- It keeps an elevated degree of execution for every single key application
- Asset conveyance is brilliant
- The group will require a lot of preparing and understanding
It's Reliable and Easy to Use
- Reconstruction after a disaster
- Advanced SAS Connectivity Training is required for initial deployment and configuration.
- iSCSI Extensions for RDMA are also supported by the IBM FlashSystem 7200.
- Performing at a high rate.
- It has compression and replication capabilities.
- More information should be included in need reports.
- The implementation of this application is difficult.
One of the best and low end flash machine that one can rely upon
- It's perfection
- The pace at it works
- Product performance is very high
- The accuracy of the product sets high standards
- When as compared to different digital electricity systems, it is also short and has minimum latency.
FlashSystem 5200 upgrade from V5000 provides huge performance improvement and advanced functions
- Distributed RAID6
- FCM Compression w/zero performance penalty
- Rack space Savings
- Compared to previous FlashSystems or Storwize systems, the FS5200 lacks for nothing.
IBM FlashSystem 5000--the services have been excellent
- It maintains a high level of performance for all key applications
- Resource distribution is excellent
- The team will require a significant amount of training and understanding
Manages the Management
- Content Catching
- Data Services
- Data Management
- Smooth Storage
- Data caching can be improved a bit.
The IBM FlashSystem 5000: Performance, easy to implement and without compromising budget
- Ease of use
- Good Performance
- Scalable
- Improved Cloud integration
- Improved internal Dashboard (it is better to use other alternatives, like Storage Insights)
- Activate Safeguard Copy from the box, without the necessity of IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM). CSM could be later added, for restore purposes, but backup could easily be initiated from the framework itself
A fantastic business outcome
- Its user interface is simple.
- Reduce storage latency to boost application performance.
- Initial setup and deployment.
IBM FlashSystem 7200 Satisfaction Review
- Usage is effective
- Less power consumption
- User friendly
- When compared to other virtual power systems, it is usually quick and has minimal latency.