Easy , Fast , high performance storage for high demand IO applications

The integration into our SVC and the midrange systems are very well working. We do use cross site replication and global mirror which in turn is easy setup and the consistency groups are well maintained. The storage does global mirroring but also internal cross room replication as well. The integration of cloud object storage also helps in tiering the overall system.

We are currently using this in a high IO database environment emulating a mainframe system . the performance is nearly close to original storage that was on the Mainframe. The High IO demands are easily met with sufficient read write speeds , the random IO is also highly responsive. The latency is close to 0 and we are happy with the results.

Flash storage is an ideal solution for environments demanding high input/output operations (I/O) and frequent read/write cycles. We successfully deploy this technology for a client's high-performance backup infrastructure, where it serves as the backend storage for multi-stream data writes, connected via a 100Gb network interface. There is also a Tiered based approach.

THe performance and stability are the primary reason for the recommendation.

THe engineer had sufficient knowledge and access to the knowledge base to troubleshoot when things were not running as expected in the intial configuration phase.

THe training is often selfpaced and easy to follow if you have worked previously with other storage products. The content is clear and contains all the information needed for an admin to learn. However the troubleshooting part is not always included and this is dependent on forums or other sources where the information is not accessible very easily.

THe initial config always requires a professional service to be available to support. The initial config is complex and cannot be done by end user / administrator teams.

Sometimes the knowledge of the support agent is quite limited and the support always has to route through the level 1 agent to screen all the informtion provided. Then its esclated to the next level support with the all collected data . The logs are always uploaded along wiht the case but still its reviewed at the lower level and then escalated / handed over to the next level if its complex issue to solve.

We have been able to scale this storage system whenever there has been requirement for additional capacity and performance. with the help of deduplication we have been able to build quite a robust environment.

we usually have never had problems with the storage going down, ofcourse there have been disk failures as part of redundancy it works well and didnt have problems with unavailablity.

THe APIs are not very easy to connect and requires special configurations.

The sales team are always easy to access and connect with ,but post sales are a bit of challenge.

THe aftersales support is not as quick as the initial support from the sales team.