Item: IBM Storage FlashSystem
Rating: 9
Author: Balaji SG

Usability

The low latency for best performance and improve productivity. This is very much suitable for all the usecases where data intensive processing need to be performed. The administration is very easy and logical. It helps to run the infrastructure at optimial cost and optimal performance. It offers great deal of virtualisation featurs and they are indeed very much powerful.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

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

Return on Investment

We were able to accomplish the business objectives that require lot of processing power and massive storage ifor large scale customers
It allows to setup the infrastructure in on-prem with best and relaiable security in its hybrid technology.
Its safeguarded snapshot along with scheduling feature helps to rely on it for Disaster recovery and varoius use cases.

Performance

We have explored lot of options, but IBM Storage FlashSystem out weighs everything with its unparalleled performance, stability and resiliency. It offers excellenct security features and even allows to operate on-prem where the security compliance is in place with the same performance. The power consumption is also very reasonable. It is very well suitable for companies of all sizes and serves as one-to-all solution.

Alternatives Considered

HPE Nimble Storage and TrueNAS

1. Cost effective and flexibility in choosing among wide range of portfolios
2. Better virtualisation capabilities with hybrid model and on-prem setup
3. Cloud management tools and softwares to manage easily.
4. Ultra low latency with Flash array and quick replication for enterprise grade applications.
5. Safeguarded snapshot creation comes to rescue for multiple contingencies.

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Storage FlashSystem helps us to save lot of time in job executions that involve complex processing. The hybrid cloud tools make the replication and migration easier and convenient. The management interface is awesome and it is convenient for storage management and administration which helps as lot for cost optimization as well as performance optimization. The storage repository is able to manage Corporate workload with high performance without any fuss.

Real ultra-low latency storage for everyone

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Overall Satisfaction with IBM Storage FlashSystem