Overall Satisfaction with IBM Storage FlashSystem
We currently use the Storage systems on our managed customer environment for high performance systems , that have demanding IOPS and on the virtual systems where we host backup infrastructure.
- 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
- The flash modules are quite expensive and often requires a lot time for delivery
- The flash modules have a longer life compared to competition
- The performance is outstanding compared to competition
- The software part is sometimes not very user friendly specially in the administration.
The performance is higher compared to the competition and the integration with other IBM tools are much easier. We chose IBM over the performance achieved compared to the competition, the POC showed the features and benefits over the other.