DS8000 Family - the most resilient storage for the most critical applications
October 22, 2019
DS8000 Family - the most resilient storage for the most critical applications
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with IBM System Storage DS8000
Our customers use the product for various purposes from mainframe to open systems uses.
- The IBM DS8000 family is the leading, most-trusted platform for IBM mainframe
- The IBM DS8000 family is the leading, most-trusted platform for IBM i.
- The IBM DS8000 family has time-proven hardware and software contributing to unparalleled availability.
- The DS8000 family still lacks deduplication and compression algorithms.
- For best results on replication enablement, optional Copy Services Manager is suggested.
- The DS8000 helps my customers meet their overall business objectives by providing a bulletproof platform for the most critical enterprise environments
The DS8000 enjoys a position where few competitors play. The only two serious competitors are Dell/EMC and Hitachi.
On the Dell/EMC side, one must wonder about their continued commitment to FICON and large enterprise storage. It seems as if Dell is really driving the low-end/midrange product and the high-investment products (VMax, Isilon, etc.) are suffering.
Hitachi is a great product as well, but the Mainframe/Ficon support isn't as "native" as they'd have you believe.