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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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| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Languages | English |
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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October 02, 2023
Real ultra-low latency storage for everyone
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.
- 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
September 23, 2023
IBM Storage FlashSystem is a soldi product at a great pricepoint for SMB high end storage needs.
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.
- 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.
September 19, 2023
Reliable and cost effective Flash of IBM
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.
- 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.
IBM Storage FlashSystems is an amazing way to get high-speed storage in a small size unit, with amazing capacities to integrate with cloud systems.
- Expandable
- Fast.
- Small.
- Integration.
- Code.
- Cost.
July 07, 2022
high-performance system over fibre channel.
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.
- 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.
January 12, 2022
IBM FlashSystem 7200 Satisfaction Review
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.
- Usage is effective
- Less power consumption
- User friendly
- When compared to other virtual power systems, it is usually quick and has minimal latency.
January 12, 2022
farther dependable
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.
- Less power consumption
- User friendly
- Usage is effective
- When compared to other virtual power systems, it is usually quick and has minimal latency.
- Its perfection and responsibility set it piecemeal.
January 04, 2022
It gives an excellent performance
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.
- The amount of power [consumption] is reducing.
- NV Memory Optimized From Start to End
- friendly to the user.
- Need some training for Initial deployment.
- The cost is a little more.
December 31, 2021
IBM FlashSystem 7200 review from a veteran storage consultant
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.
- provides the end to end NVMe, that combined with our NVMe enabled hosts and SAN directors to provide amazing performance
- Storage Class memory also adds to the ultralow latency
- the immutable copy features help us to keep a golden copy at all times to protect against the cyber attacks
- Data Reduction pools are handy, but they lack the support for vvols
- SAN BOOT is not supported for certain AIX versions when connected using the NVME/FC protocol
- Maintenance can be made easier
- TCO can be brought down as compared to competition
December 28, 2021
End Customer is happy with product
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.
- Visualize total storage consumption on bar graph.
- Login screen is very friendly.
- Diagnostics available.
- Multi factor authentication.
- Volume to VG at OS mapping.
- More roles for users.
December 28, 2021
IBM flash system 5000
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.
- Reliability
- Easy to use tools
- Performance is very good
- Data retrieving is slow
- It takes time to setup and understand software tools.
- Heat issues
December 23, 2021
good services
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.
- Less power consumption
- User friendly
- Usage is effective
- When compared to other virtual power systems, it is usually quick and has minimal latency.
- Its perfection and responsibility set it piecemeal.
December 22, 2021
good performance
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.
- Friendly to use.
- Simple to use.
- Power consumption is less.
- Its accuracy and constancy set it separated.
- When compared to other virtual power systems, it is usually quick and has minimal latency.
December 20, 2021
IBM flash storage at its best
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.
- It is usually speedy and has low latency when compared to other virtual power systems.
- It stands out for its precision and dependability.
- High precision.
- The retrieval of data takes a long time.
- Issues with the heat.
December 17, 2021
IBM FlashSystem 5000
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.
- Its accuracy and reliability set it apart.
- Compared to other virtual power systems, it is generally fast and has minimal latency.
- Heat issues.
- Data retrieving is slow.
December 16, 2021
The Best Storage Option for All Businesses
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.
- It is notable for its accuracy and durability.
- [It is] extremely precise.
- The retrieval of data takes a long time.
- There are issues with the heat.
December 15, 2021
Good for data storage purpose
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.
- Resource distribution is excellent.
- It has accuracy and reliability.
- It is usually fast and has minimal delay compared to other virtual power.
- It takes time to set up and management is difficult.
- Data retrieving is slow.
December 10, 2021
The hardware performance storage
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.
- Latency
- IOPS
- Deduplication
- IBM [FlashSystem 5000] support is not okay
- Lack of features
November 02, 2021
Project IT wit V7K Solutions
I use [IBM FlashSystem] V7000 as [a] storage backbone of all my midrange infrastructural projects, in VMWare area as in Power Area (I4B and IBM AIX). Most of [the] customers I followed are collocated in small/medium enterprises (100-1000 users). V7000 has simplified shared data architectures introducing virtualization concepts and easy-to-manage complex storage layers. One of most appreciated features is availability at all: data are core in Enterprise and it focuses on [the] robustness of data storage solution. V7000 was appreciated for its stability.
- Virtualization
- Avalaibility
- Performance
- Heavy user interface
- Poor patch management
- Easy tier management
We have used IBM FlashSystem 5000 as storage device for our data protection solution provided by a third-party vendor. It was used in a high-availability environment for backup of all servers and some of the client systems in our company. With the speed of a flash array behind a data protection solution, we have gained a lot of speed and flexibility when it comes to restoring business-critical applications and data.
- Flexible storage space allocation
- High availability
- High-performance storage
- Flexible expansion options
- Management interface is not 100% self-explanatory
August 09, 2021
Great solution for medium-sized companies.
IBM FlashSystem 7000 is one of the main storage devices of our organization. IBM FlashSystem 7000 meets our needs in terms of speed and stability in this area where data is most intensively processed and moved.
- Provides high endurance.
- IOPS Strength - Power
- Really Fast Speed
- The user could be shown on which files the deduplication or compressions were stored.
- Cost
August 04, 2021
IBM FlashSystem 5000 delivers on its promise
We use IBM FlashSystem [5000] to tier out block storage and ensure that our most accessed applications have access to best in class flash storage while our test applications mainly reside on HDD (easy tier) and can burst to flash for preproduction testing. We also serve out content via SMB shares for document storage/retention purposes.
- Ability to thin provision storage helps us maximize the capacity of the array
- Mission critical applications have access to low latency storage
- NVMe accelerated storage is ahead of the competition
- Installation can be tricky — you might be in for a do over if you get the settings wrong on your deployment
- Slow adoption of bleeding edge storage technologies
- Not a good fit for every use case
August 03, 2021
A premium tool for those who are budget constrained.
Used across the entire business where we have a SAP ECC production environment running on devices connected to IBM Power Systems. Storage devices are exceptionally fast using NVMe Flash disks/arrays and are therefore achieving greater compression ratios by using on-board hardware compression accelerators. Even out read/write operations are faster than before which generally spends up a whole host of business functions.
- Excellent support structure from IBM
- Integration of the system with a host of midrange devices is super easy
- GUI is intuitive and easy to navigate between models.
- Some of the connective functionality with the IBM storage insights software is lacking.
- IBM need to focus more specifically on their existing issues, rather than always seem to be pushing the bigger and newer versions.
July 21, 2021
IBM FlashSystem 5000 Review
The IBM FlashSystem 5000 is being used by mission critical applications with low latency storage requirements. This is especially useful for systems such as SAP Business Intelligence (BI). Its also important to note that the IBM FlashSystem 5000 is certified by SAP for their SAP HANA Tailored Data Centre Integration (TDI) deployments. At the time of writing this review the following IBM FlashSystem models (with restrictions) are certified by SAP TDI includes the IBM FlashSystem 5010(H)/5030(H)/5100(H) which serves up to 4/18*/26* HANA nodes and the IBM FlashSystem 5015/5035/5200 which serves up to 4/18*/26* HANA nodes.
- Offers NVMe-accelerated performance which is way faster than SATA SSDs
- The FlashSystem 5000 offers all-flash and hybrid options
- The FlashSystem 5000 provides the highest levels of availability to support mission-critical applications offering an IBM's six 9s availability design.
- Installation should be simplified a bit as it can become a bit complicated to install
- Enabling encryption and compression has the potential to affect performance
- Pricing seems a bit higher than competitor models. This can be mitigated if you work with an IBM Gold Partner or higher that can secure better discounts.
We use this for a high-performance record-keeping system that is highly transactional. Queries need to be resolved in milliseconds and in many cases require computations involving complex calculations and large data sets. We were able to move our database devices over to the FlashSystem 7200 storage which greatly improved the performance over traditional SAN storage. This was by far our best and easiest performance gain. We are using this within our department.
- High performance
- Low latency
- Easy to present storage
- Data storage
- Easier to use encryption.