Item: IBM Storage FlashSystem
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

High performance
Low latency
Easy to present storage
Data storage

Easier to use encryption.

Return on Investment

Increased throughput
Increased performance
Better customer experience
Less data center space
Reduced power consumption

Alternatives Considered

Pure Storage FlashArray

We leveraged our enterprise relationship with IBM in order to achieve favorable pricing and support plans for the FlashSystem 7200. Pure Storage would be a new partner for us and an unknown. We wanted to do something quickly with a known partner so IBM FlashSystem 7200 just became the default choice for us.

Likelihood to Recommend

These are great storage devices that have great scale-out. They support high-performance real-time transaction processing systems. Also, they support complex query calculations across large data sets. I think any system that has SLAs requiring quick response times could benefit from this type of storage solution. Beats traditional SAN hands down. Improves performance of some transactions by two orders of magnitude over our previous traditional SAN storage array.

IBM FlashSystem 7200 Helps Improve Systemwide Performance by 100x

Modules Used

Overall Satisfaction with IBM FlashSystem

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros and Cons

Return on Investment

Alternatives Considered

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Storage FlashSystem Feature Ratings