Storwize - storage that makes sense it today's tight IT budget world
May 01, 2019

Storwize - storage that makes sense it today's tight IT budget world

Keith Thuerk | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Storwize

The IBM Storwize was originally purchased to consolidate DS5000 workloads. Hence we have refreshed the array and even grown it [to] add in a DR location. The GUI is super easy - even our manager can figure it out in times of need.
  • Block Storage
  • Storage Consolidation
  • Easy to Use GUI
  • Always room for Data Reduction Improvements (efficiency) without the overhead on the array
  • Would love to see NVMe roadmap
  • Great ROI within a short period of time (months)
  • Freed up storage admin to focus on Architecture
IBM SVC (ran for several years)
ESS E & F models (yeah those are old)
Since Storwize is based upon SVC it was a no brainer and saved us $$$$.
Midrange to Large Enterprise Storage offerings. No NAS or Unified storage offering (enterprise) as IBM has dropped all the NAS/Unified offerings