IBM Storage FlashSystem rules
Updated December 07, 2025

IBM Storage FlashSystem rules

Andreas Jochum | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • IBM Flashsystem 5100
  • IBM Flashsystem 7200
  • IBM Flashsystem 9100
  • IBM Flashsystem 9200
  • IBM Flashsystem 900
  • IBM Flashsystem 5000

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Storage FlashSystem

As a business partner we use, sell and support the whole IBM Storage FlashSystem portfolio. We use them as a backend storage for SVC clusters or in pairs as HyperSwap Cluster or parts of the new IBM Storage FlashSystem Grid with PBHA or alternatively PBR. The IBM Storage FlashSystem as a product addresses reliability, accessibility and performance- as well as security issues of our customers. The customers are really satisfied with the products and love using them. Last but not least we are all happy about the price point of the IBM Storage FlashSystems.
This helps pretty much competing the systems of other vendors. Even if these are often not doing basic technical research and development like IBM does. But the pricepoint also counts. Thank you very much!

Pros

  • Extremely performant
  • extremely reliable
  • Very easy to set up and use
  • Good pricepoint
  • Tons of features.

Cons

  • GUI could be better in some points like menus are duplicated sometimes
  • CLI commands
  • Better translation in GUI for non English speakers
  • Very reliable
  • Less power and climate performance consuming than e.g. netapp
  • very easy to service and operate
  • because of capacity and performance at a really good pricepoint, the ROI is achieved quite quick.
For me it's still the easy setup and day two operations. For my customers count the low price point and good maintenance contracts more. Especially the FlashCore technology with its compression, threat detection and superior performance pushes the customer experience. I didn't have one customer since the announcement of IBM Storage FlashSystem quitting to the competitors who are selling just off the shelf ssds. Keep on going, IBM! Please!
Now we can detect and react to cyber threats an monitor our performance and support tickets in a single pane of glass landing zone. Now with IBM Storage FlashSystem Grid we can also group up to 32 IBM Storage FlashSystems and SVC together and share workloads and stuff between them. Also we can migrate workloads seemlessly between so many systems controlled by one management GUI.
Like I already commented before. IBM Storage FlashSystems are more reliable, much easier to setup and operate and available at a much better price point as the competitor. So our experience is that the competition is going to "no bid" if IBM Storage FlashSystems are entering the room. Except they try to buy the deal. But even after that the customer is trying out IBM Storage FlashSystem. Just a few years later...

Do you think IBM Storage FlashSystem delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Storage FlashSystem's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Storage FlashSystem live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Storage FlashSystem go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Storage FlashSystem again?

Yes

Nearly every scenario available in a modern data center except file systems business and application consistent snapshots :-) What else can I say? The systems are so versatile that you can really use them in every industry or environment / workload. One painpoint could be that there is no version of Storage insights available on prem concerning ransomware detection without sending system metadata to cloud... Some customers are concerned about this and need an on premises solution.

IBM Storage FlashSystem Feature Ratings

Flash Array Performance
10
Flash Array Integration
10
Data Compression
10
Non-Intrusive Upgrades
10
Simplicity
10
Power Savings
10

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