IBM Storage FlashSystem Rocks
October 09, 2025

IBM Storage FlashSystem Rocks

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review

Modules Used

  • IBM Flashsystem 5000
  • IBM Flashsystem 5100
  • IBM Flashsystem 7200
  • IBM Flashsystem 9100
  • IBM Flashsystem 9200
  • IBM Flashsystem A900
  • IBM Flashsystem 900

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Storage FlashSystem

In our organization, We use IBM Storage FlashSystem for VMWare datastores. IBM Storage FlashSystem Addresses performance and capacity utilization for us.

Pros

  • Simplicity
  • Speed
  • Efficient

Cons

  • Logging into multiple IBM Storage FlashSystems is tedious, even with FlashGrid. Perhaps SSO solves this, but we have not tried this. It would be interesting to be able to log into one system and then be able to manage other systems using trust between the system you are logged into.
  • Code upgrade should give the option to resume manually when choosing the auto pause option
  • Data savings from FCM compression
  • Performance improvements from FCM
New snapshots and policy based replicaiton
IBM Storage FlashSystem beat them in price

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

In my opinion, I would likely recommend IBM Storage FlashSystem to a colleague because I think IBM Storage FlashSystem is well suited for IBMi and Power. I think it Seems to be less popular with the VMware

IBM Storage FlashSystem Feature Ratings

Flash Array Performance
10
Flash Array Integration
10
Data Compression
10
Non-Intrusive Upgrades
5
Simplicity
7
Power Savings
8

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