A hybrid flash solution is most suitable for the companies.
August 05, 2021

A hybrid flash solution is most suitable for the companies.

Millenda Erren | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • IBM Flashsystem 5000

Overall Satisfaction with IBM FlashSystem

IBM
FlashSystem 5000 provides credible solutions using advanced technology like Al and
blockchain. My company has assessed this tool as highly beneficial as it provides assistance in infrastructure flexibility. And above all, its package
is very attractive and it offers a lot of functions that we needed. It works
well with SSD SAS and its integration
is amazing.

  • It is good in providing advanced hybrid solutions.
  • It is a profoundly stable tool and is high-performance software.
  • Another important thing about this tool is that it is easy to manage.
  • It performs well with SSD SAS.
  • Its interface needs to be unambiguous.
  • It is very hard to set this tool up and its installation takes a lot of time.
  • Data reduction pools need to be improved.
  • The stability of this tool and we can rely on it.
  • Its hybrid solutions are positive for our business.
  • No negative impact.

Compared to IBM FlashSystem, NetApp was priced high and has a feeble
support team. But It was good in data reduction which IBM lacks and is the only
thing IBM FlashSystem is not good at. But apart from that, there wasn’t
anything appealing about NetApp EF-Series and the learning curve,
compatibility, stability, and high performance are few major traits that forced
us to switch to IBM.



IBM FlashSystem 5000 is good for performing a variety of functions and it is a
high-performance stable tool that is beneficial for us in managing virtual
workloads. But it is not suitable for someone who is looking for data reduction
and low latency. [In that case], they should go for other options than IBM flash System
5000. But overall, at such a cost it is offering many functions.

IBM Storage FlashSystem Feature Ratings

Flash Array Performance
9
Flash Array Integration
9
Data Compression
9
Non-Intrusive Upgrades
7
Simplicity
8
Power Savings
8